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 Lewis (composer) Suite", "Rosa mundi" and "Suite navarraise" in the Naxos series of "English String Miniatures" alongside works by Frank Bridge, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, and Peter Warlock. He is a cousin of composer Keith Burstein. Paul Lewis (composer) Paul Lewis (born 1943) is a British composer who was born in Brighton, England. Lewis began composing for television at age 20 and is best known today for his television music. It includes TV scores for dramatic series such as "Arthur of the Britons", "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "Undermind", children's series such as "Brendon Chase", "Seal Morning" and "Woof!" and