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The Golden Legend


INTRODUCTION

  • The composition and first performance of The Golden Legend.

ARGUMENT

  • The plot of The Golden Legend, by Joseph Bennett.

LIBRETTO

MIDI Files

Prologue "Hasten, hasten"
Scene 1 "I cannot sleep"
Scene 2 "Slowly, slowly... O gladsome light... My Redeemer and my Lord"
Scene 3 "Onward and onward... The night is calm and cloudless"
Scene 4 "My guests approach"
Scene 5 "Who is it coming... Virgin, who lovest the poor and lowly"
Scene 6 "We are alone"
Epilogue "God sent His messenger, the rain"