The Cantata in Early American Music

While the father of the European cantata tradition, J.S. Bach, died in 1750, late eighteenth-century American composers classified their compositions as ‘cantatas’ tentatively, even though they displayed all the requisite components. These choice movements from sacred musical works helped define the definition of the cantata in America.

Track Listing

101	Great Minerva: The Temple of Minerva: Pasticcio (from Handel's Judas Maccadaeus)	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	01:27
102	The Lord of Hosts: A Christmas Anthem	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	00:59
103	Bind Kings With Chains From Psalm 149	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	02:03
104	Hallelujah: The Feast of Tabernacles	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	02:07
105	Sunset: Flower Festival Cantata	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	02:51
106	Hymn to Night: The Flower Queen	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	01:56
107	Work Boys, Work: Ruth the Gleaner	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	01:56
108	Praise Ye the Lord	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	01:05
109	Yes! To the Work: Haymakers	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	01:42
201	Alleuia, Christ is Risen: Christ the Victor	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	02:03
202	The Caravan of the Magi: The Coming of the King	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	02:31
203	It Was the Winter World: The Nativity	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	03:06
204	In Far-Off Eastern Country: The Holy Child	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	02:11
205	The Lord Bless Thee: Ruth and Naomi	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	01:53
206	Lord Make the Woman	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	02:42
207	Praise Him, O Ye Heaven: Noel, A Christmas Pastorale	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	03:09
208	Flash the Street With Jasper: The Celestial Country	The Isaiah Thomas Singers	01:44