in a humorous pamphlet called out by the operatic
war, entitled "Harmony in an Uproar," calls Handel the Nightingale,
and Porpora the Cuckoo.

[5] It is curious to remember that the sacred cantatas were not composed
for universal fame or for a musical public, but for the use of
congregations who probably looked on them as a necessary part of the
service, and thought little about the merits of their composition. In
those days art-criticism was in its infancy, and they were scarcely
noticed beyond the walls of Leipsic till after the composer's
death.--_Bitter's Life of Bach_.

[6] Handel's Second German Passion, as it is now generally called,
differs entirely from the earlier Passion according to St. John, and
bears no analogy at all to the Passion Music of Sebastian Bach. The
choruses are expressive or vigorous in accordance with the nature of
the words; but none exhibit any very striking form of contrapuntal
development; nor do they ever rise to the grandeur of the Utrecht Te
Deum or Jubilate.--_Rockstro's Life of Handel_.

[7] The following list of cantatas by Americans hardly sustains Mr.
Barnard in his assertion that there are but a few of them: Baker, B.
F., "Burning Ship;" "Storm King."--Bechel, J. C., "Pilgrim's
Progress;" "The Nativity;" "Ruth."--Bradbury, W. B.,
"Esther."--Brandeis, F., "The Ring."--Bristow, G. F., "The Pioneers;"
"No More."--Buck, Dudley, "Don Munio;" "Centennial;" "Easter
Cantatas;" "The Golden Legend;" "Light of Asia;" "Voyage of
Columbus."--Butterfield, J. A., "Belshazzar;" "Ruth."--Chadwick, G.
W., "The Viking's Last Voyage."--Damrosch, Leopold, "Ruth and Naomi;"
"Sulamith."--Foote, A., "Hiawatha."--Gilchrist, W. W., "Forty-sixth
Psalm;" "The Rose."--Gleason, F. G., "God our Deliverer;" "Culprit
Fay;" "Praise of Harmony."--Hamerik, A., "Christmas
Cantata."--Leavitt, W. J. D., "The Lord of the Sea;" "Cambyses; or,
the Pearl of Persia."--Marsh, S. B., "The Saviour;" "King of the
Forest."--Paine, J. K., "Oedipus Tyrannus;" "The Nativity;" "Phoebus,
Arise;" "Realm of Fancy."--Parker, J. G., "Redemption Hymn."--Parker,
H. W., "King Trojan."--Pratt, S. G., "Inca's Downfall."--Root, G. F.,
"Flower Queen;" "Daniel;" "Pilgrim Fathers;" "Belshazzar's Feast;"
"Haymakers;" "Song Tournament;" "David."--Singer, Otto, "Landing of
the Pilgrim Fathers;" "Festival Ode."--Traj