Oratorio credited with writing the first English language oratorio, "Esther". Handel's imitators included the Italian Lidarti who was employed by the Amsterdam Jewish community to compose a Hebrew version of "Esther". Britain continued to look to Germany for its composers of oratorio. The Birmingham Festival commissioned various oratorios including Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah" in 1846, later performed in German as "Elias". German composer Georg Vierling is noted for modernizing the secular oratorio form. John Stainer's "The Crucifixion" (1887) became the stereotypical battlehorse of massed amateur choral societies. Edward Elgar tried to revive the genre around the turn of century with the composition
Paul Sullivan (composer) Touched With Wonder: Windows of Hope and numerous blogs. Sullivan received a Grammy Award as a member of the Paul Winter Consort for the 2006 album "Silver Solstice". He received two NAIRD Indie Awards. In 1992 he won in the category of Seasonal Music for "Christmas in Maine", and in 1997 he won in the category of Spoken Word for "White on White". Paul Sullivan (composer) Paul Sullivan (born July 31, 1955) is an American Grammy Award winning pianist and composer whose music blends jazz and classical styles. He is a member of the Paul Winter Consort. Sullivan was born