Thomas Arne: Judith: An Oratorio (1761) Supplement to Musica Britannica, Volume 100, edited by Simon McVeigh and Peter Lynan

Summary of Performance History

The following charts bring together and amplify information given in the edition regarding the performance history of Arne’s oratorio Judith during the eighteenth century. Further explanation and lists of sources can be found in the introductory and closing sections of the edition.

List of performers

1761 Drury Lane * 1762 Drury Lane 1764 Lock Hospital * 1765 King’s Theatre 1766 Gloucester and Salisbury * 1769 Stratford upon 1773 Covent Garden * 1784 Theatre Royal 1785 ibid. 27 February, 4 March 2 April 29 February 15 February 10 and 24 September Avon * 26 February Haymarket * 16 March [performers at 6 September 3, 12 and 31 March series] Director Thomas Arne Thomas Arne Thomas Arne Thomas Arne John Stephens Thomas Arne Thomas Arne Michael Arne Michael Arne Leader [Thomas Pinto] Felice Giardini Giardini Thomas Pinto / Giuseppe Soderini [David] Richards [F‐H Barthelemon] F‐H Barthelemon Charles H Wilton Singers Charlotte Brent [S] Brent [S] Brent [S] Brent [S] Brent (Judith) [S] Mary Barthelemon [S] Ann Catley [S] Ann Arne [S] Ann Arne [S] Teresa Cornelys [S] Miss Thomas [S] Elizabeth Wright [S] Mary Young [S] Robert Parry (Abra) [Tr] Sophia Baddeley [S] Isabella Mattocks [S] Mary Barthelemon [S] Margaret Kennedy [S] Elizabeth Young [S] Master Johnson [Tr] Tenducci [male S] Tenducci [male S] Joseph Corfe (Ozias) [T] Elizabeth Weller [S] Ann Venables [S] Master Farmer [Tr] Arrowsmith [T] Giusto F Tenducci [male S] Tenducci [male S] John Beard [T] Joseph Vernon [T] Thomas Norris (Charmis) [T] Master Brown [Tr] Giovanni Ristorini [T] Daniel Arrowsmith [T] Angier [B?] in lieu of Sig.ra Eberardi [S] Samuel T Champness [B] Champness [B] Champness [B] Champness [B] William Mathews (Holofernes) [B] Vernon [T] Frederick C Reinhold [B] Mr Angier [B?] John Fawcett [T] Mr Aynscombe [T] Champness [B] Mr Wilson [CT] Semichorus [T]

* libretto extant

Performance history and sources of each number

The following tables combine information from a range of musical sources and libretti, in order to present an overview of changes in voice‐type and in the order of numbers at performances between 1761 and 1785. The autograph score (A) was evidently used for performances in 1761, 1769 and 1784–5, to judge from the annotated singers’ names: so in all these cases the column unites information from such annotations and from the printed libretto.

The following abbreviations are used, in addition to those listed in the edition:

abbrev abbreviated App Appendix Chor Chorus orig original(ly) Recit (s+a) Recitative (secco and accompanied) Tr Treble (boy soprano) v verse var variant

Rows in italics represent displaced or replacement numbers. Strike‐through indicates a section not set or deleted at some time (‘not sung’, ‘left out in performance’, ‘omitted’, struck through by hand). Some libretti contain additional text, not noted here. Only the most significant variants of title and character are indicated: some of these recur in later sources. 2

ACT I

No. Type Short title 1761 Sugg‐ 1761 (A) 1761 (L) 1761 (W) A folios 1764 1766 1769 1773 1773 1784/5 B C DL ested DL DL DL Lock Gloucester Stratford CG CG HAY Lcm MS Ob MS Character voice Lbl autograph MS Libretto Walsh print Libretto Libretto Libretto Libretto Tenor Annotated (voices (voices (from L / A) (annotated (with (Attendant (mostly = chorus libretto in Lcm inferred inferred Lbl copy) character for Abra, other 1769) part in (Attendant from clefs) from clefs) variants) variants); Lbl for Abra); annotations in A annotations in A; reviews 1 Overture   i.2r‐15v   2 Chorus Father of Mercies Israelites Chor   i.16r‐21r         App 1 Recit (s) Well may ye mourn (first Charmis  [T] i.21v version) A Man  Semichorus [T] 3 Recit (s+a) Well may ye mourn Charmis B   i.22v‐23r       [B]  [B] A Man T  Semichorus   (Ozias)  Vernon     4 Air O Torment, great A Woman S1  Brent   Brent i.24r‐29v   (Israelite)  Barthelemon    

5 Recit (a+s) Throw wide our Gates A Man T  Semichorus   i.30r‐31r   (Ozias)  Vernon     Ozias T     (Charmis)    Kennedy   6 Air Be humble Ozias CT  Tenducci   Tenducci i.32r‐35r   (Charmis)      App 2 Air Be humble (first version Ozias  [S]  i.36r     ending) 7 Recit (s+a) Have then our Miseries Judith S1   i.36v‐37v    Barthelemon     Abra S2      Baddeley    Judith S1  Brent     Barthelemon    8 Air Wake my Harp! Abra S2  Cornelys   Cornelys i.39r‐45v    Baddeley      9 Recit (s+a) Where are the Ancients Judith S1   i.45v‐46v    Barthelemon     10 Air Advent’rous, lo! Judith S1  Brent   Brent i.46v‐53r    Barthelemon    abbrev  11 Recit (s) Brethren, behold! Ozias T   i.53r‐v    Vernon     Judith S1      Barthelemon     Charmis B  [orig T]        [B]   [T] 12 Chorus When Israel wept Israelites Chor   i.54r‐61v         13 Recit (s) Hear me! Judith S2   i.62v‐63r    Barthelemon    variant?   [42] Air No more the Heathen  i.64r‐67v moved here? 14 Air Remember what Judith S2 Cornelys   Cornelys i.63v,   (Ozias)  Vernon     68r‐70r 15 Recit (s) She breaths prophetic Charmis B  [orig T]  i.70v       [B]  [T] abbrev 16 Air Conquest is not Charmis B  Champness   Champness i.71r‐75r  ‘’Tis not’       17 Recit (s+a) Lo! where fair Judith Ozias T   i.75r‐75v    Vernon     18 Chorus Hear! Angels, hear! Israelites Chor   i.76r‐91r        

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ACT II

No. Type Short title 1761 Sugg‐ 1761 (A) 1761 (L) 1761 (W) A folios 1764 1766 1769 1773 1773 1784/5 B C DL ested DL DL DL Lock Gloucester Stratford CG CG HAY Lcm MS Ob MS voice Libretto Tenor

19 Recit (s+a) Thus, mighty Holofernes Judith S1   ‘noble’ ii.1r‐2r    Barthelemon     Holofernes B  [orig T]        [B]  [T] Judith S1          20 Air Oh! strive not Judith S1  Brent   Brent ii.2v‐6v    Baddeley     App 3 Recit (s) Strait thro’ the Camp Holofernes  [T] ii.7r     21a Recit (s) Strait thro’ the Camp Holofernes B   ii.7r       [T]  [T] 21b Chorus Live, live for ever! Assyrians Chor   ii.7v        21c Recit (s) Come, lovely Judith Holofernes CT   ii.8r       [B]  [B] 22 Air Adorn’d with ev’ry Holofernes CT  Tenducci   Tenducci ii.8v‐12v   (Assyrian)       23 Chorus Rejoice! Rejoice! Assyrians Chor   ii.13r‐18v         24 Recit (s+a) Thus far the Lord Judith S1   ii.18v‐19v    Barthelemon     Abra S2      Baddeley    25 Air Vain is Beauty’s Abra S2  Cornelys   Cornelys/ ii.20r‐23r   (Judith)  Barthelemon    Arne‐A   Brent 26 Recit (s) Soft, break we off Judith S1   ii.23v‐24r   (Judith)      A Man T  Semichorus  with Alto   (Assyrian)    part Alto?  [T]  [T] A Woman T [S/  Semichorus  variant for   (Assyrian)      CT?] Messenger 27 Air Haste to the Gardens A Woman CT  v1 only present  2vv  compl ii.24v‐28r  v1  2vv  2vv  compl  v1 Semichorus/ Tenducci v2 removed (Assyrian) Tenducci Recit I’ll seat me  (Judith) App 7 Air The Hymn of Eve: iii.4v‐7v  (Judith) How chearful [S] 28 Recit (s+a) The Lyon’s in the Toils Judith S1   ii.28v‐30v    Barthelemon    Arne‐A  abbrev  abbrev part 29 Duet O thou, on whom Abra, S2,  Cornelys,  2vv, v2  Cornelys, ii.31r‐37v,  v1  v1  2vv  2vv   v1 Arne‐A,  compl  compl Judith S1 Brent Brent 42r‐44r Barthelemon, Kennedy v2 Brown App 4 Duet O thou, on whom    ii.38r‐41v        (new ending by Arnold) 30 Recit (a) Crown me with Laurels Holofernes B  Champness  ii.44v‐45v        31 Air and Hail, immortal Bacchus! Holofernes B  Champness   Champness ii.46r‐50r         Chorus Assyrians Chor   ii.50v‐57v         32 Recit (s+a) Silence each ruder Holofernes B   ii.58r‐59v        Judith S1         abbrev  33 Air Sleep, gentle Cherub! Judith S1  Brent   Brent ii.60r‐61v    Brown    34 Recit (s) Bacchus to Venus Abra S2   ii.62r    (A Man/  (A Man)  (A Man)  (Atten‐ Attendant) dant) App 5 Recit (s) Fair Judith comes  ii.62v    (Holofernes) [B] Smith ‐  substituted for 32‐4?  35 Chorus Prepare the genial Assyrians Chor   ii.63r‐70v        

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ACT III

No. Type Short title 1761 Sugg‐ 1761 (A) 1761 (L) 1761 (W) A folios 1764 1766 1769 1773 1773 1784/5 B C DL ested DL DL DL Lock Gloucester Stratford CG CG HAY Lcm MS Ob MS voice Libretto Tenor

36 Recit (s) Great are thy Works Ozias T   iii.1r‐2v       abbrev, part  abbrev  abbrev Judith S1       ()   Ozias T       ()   Arrowsmith App 6a Re`cit (s) Great are thy Works  iii. inter    alternative sung  (alternative version of ff.2 & 3 here by Wilson? the ending) [42] Air No more the Heathen i.64r‐67v, sung here by iii.45r Angier? App 6b Recit (s) Great are thy Works  iii.3r    alternative sung (alternative version) here?  App 7 Air The Hymn of Eve:   iii.4v‐7v   sung here by  How chearful Arne‐A?  37 Air With Heroes and Sages Ozias CT  Tenducci  ‘’Mongst’  Tenducci iii.36r‐44v   (Charmis)  Brown/    moved later?   Baddeley 38 Recit (s+a) Behold, my Brethren Judith S2   iii.8v‐9v        39 Air O Lord, our God! Judith S2  Cornelys  2vv: v2  Cornelys iii.10r‐21r  v1  v1  2vv: v2  2vv: v2   2vv: v2  v1  v1 (Ozias) Vernon Arrowsmith 40 Chorus Who can Jehovah’s Israelites Chor   iii.21v‐34v         41 Recit (s) Daughters of Sion A Woman S2    iii.35r‐v    Baddeley    omitted?   A Man T  Fawcett     Vernon   [37] Air With Heroes and Sages iii.36r‐44r sung here?     42 Air No more the Heathen Ozias T  Fawcett  no  Fawcett i.64r‐67v,   (Priest)  Vernon   no text character iii.45r App 8 Recit (s) Well hast thou said   iii.45v        part of 41  Arrowsmith 43 Chorus Breath the Pipe Israelites Chor   iii.46r‐50r         Air The victor A Man  2vv and A Woman Chorus DC 44 Recit (a) Israel, for Shame! Judith S1   iii.50v‐51r     two    versions 45 Air Not unto us Judith S1  v1 only present  2vv: v2  compl iii.52r‐56v  v1  v1  2vv  (i) 2vv   v1 Arne‐A  compl  v1 Brent Brent v2 removed (ii) v1 46 Recit (s) Israel rejoice! Ozias T  Recit (editorial) Semichorus S2 ‘Praise’ [A Woman] missing 47 Duet On thy Borders [Israelite S1,  fragment only   compl iii.57r  compl Women] CT present Brent, fragment Tenducci 48 Recit (s) Here, O ye Sons Judith S1   iii.57r‐v    (Charmis)   49a Chorus Hear! Angels, hear! Israelites Chor from Act 1     49b Chorus Here, Sons of Jacob! Israelites Chor  iii.58r‐73v     