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20 March 1776

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1775-1776
Volume: 4
Comments: A Sacred Oratorio, never performed. The Music entirely new, composed by Hook. [The reviewer for the Westminster Magazine for March thought the Ascension would make but a poor figure at the Day of Judgement. [Hook] has, like many other votaries of Clio and Calliope, mistaken dullness for dignity...if there were no other objection to the Ascension than its extreme length and tediousness, that circumstance alone would prevent it from ranking among the pleasing Oratorios now in performance."

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pcg The Ascension; Judas Maccabaeus. As 23 Feb., but Chorus-; Recitative-; Air-. *mBetween the parts of the Oratorio: <i>A Concerto on the Pedal Harp</i>-Jones; concerto on the <i>Violin</i>-Lamotte[, as 15 March%. *cA Sacred Oratorio, never performed. The Music entirely new, composed by $Hook=. [The reviewer for the <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for March thought the <i>Ascension</i> would make but a poor figure at the Day of Judgement. [Hook] has, like many other votaries of <i>Clio</i>r and <i>Calliope</i>r, mistaken dullness for dignity...if there were no other objection to the Ascension than its extreme length and tediousness, that circumstance alone would prevent it from ranking among the pleasing Oratorios now in performance."]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1776 03 20 cg The Ascension; Judas Maccabaeus. ^As17760223^, but Chorus-; Recitative-; Air-.*m1776 03 20 cg Between the parts of the Oratorio: <i>A Concerto on the Pedal Harp</i>-Jones; concerto on the <i>Violin</i>-Lamotte[, ^as17760315^.*c1776 03 20 cg A Sacred Oratorio, never performed. The Music entirely new, composed by $Hook=. [The reviewer for the <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for March thought the <i>Ascension</i> would make but a poor figure at the Day of Judgement. [Hook] has, like many other votaries of <i>Clio</i>r and <i>Calliope</i>r, mistaken dullness for dignity...if there were no other objection to the Ascension than its extreme length and tediousness, that circumstance alone would prevent it from ranking among the pleasing Oratorios now in performance."]

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 38648 | 17760320 | cg | A Sacred Oratorio, never performed. The Music entirely new, composed by $Hook=. [The reviewer for the <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for March thought the <i>Ascension</i> would make but a poor figure at the Day of Judgement. [Hook] has, like many other votaries of <i>Clio</i> and <i>Calliope</i>, mistaken dullness for dignity...if there were no other objection to the Ascension than its extreme length and tediousness, that circumstance alone would prevent it from ranking among the pleasing Oratorios now in performance."
    Performance: 81033 | 38648 | p | The Ascension; Judas Maccabaeus | As17760223, but Chorus-; Recitative-; Air-.
    AsSeeDate: 81033 | cg | p | As | 17760223
    Cast:
    138683 | 81033 | Chorus
    138684 | 81033 | Recitative
    138685 | 81033 | Air | .
    515649 | 81033 | Principal Vocal parts | Vernon, Champness, Leoni, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Weichsel.
    Performance: 81034 | 38648 | m | Between the parts of the Oratorio: <i>A Concerto on the Pedal Harp</i>-Jones; concerto on the <i>Violin</i>-Lamotte[, as17760315
    AsSeeDate: 81034 | cg | m | As | 17760315

Mainpiece

Title: The Ascension; Judas Maccabaeus
Comments:
As17760223, but Chorus-; Recitative-; Air-.
Cast:

Music

Comment: Between the parts of the Oratorio: A Concerto on the Pedal Harp-Jones; concerto on the Violin-Lamotte[, as17760315

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 20 March 1776 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 6, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=38648.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 20 March 1776 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=38648. Accessed 6 April 2025.