Moses: ein biblisches Oratorium, Op. 67 is an 1895 oratorio by Max Bruch, on a text by Ludwig Spitta for soprano, tenor, and bass. [1] [2] On 19 January 1895, Moses was premiered in Barmen under Bruch's direction. [3]
Bruch saw Moses as the 'only great representative and preserver of monotheism'. That was how he delineated the character to Spitta.42 By early January 1894 Ludwig Spitta (the Hanover theologian and brother of Philipp) had accepted ...