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The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 (oratorio)Year: 1900
Genre: Oratorio
Pr. Instruments: Voice & Chorus/Choir
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Act 1
- 1.Prelude
- 2.Jesu Maria, I am Near to Death
- 3.Kyrie Eleison
- 4.Rouse Thee, my Fainting Soul
- 5.Sanctus fortis
- 6.I Can no More
- 7.Rescue him, O Lord
- 8.Profiscere, anima Christiana
- 9.Go in the Name of Angels
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Act 2
- 10.I Went to Sleep
- 11.It is a Member of that Family
- 12.Low-born Clods of Brute Earth (Demons' Chorus)
- 13.Dispossessed, Aside Thrust
- 14.I See Not those False Spirits
- 15.Praise to the Holiest
- 16.But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony
- 17.Praise to the Holiest
- 18.Thy Judgement now is Near
- 19.Jesu! By that Shuddering Dread
- 20.Take Me Away
- 21.Lord, Thou Hast Been our Refuge
- 22.Softly and Gently, Dearly-Ransomed Soul
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