• Alexanders Feast or The Power of Musick HWV 75 by George Frideric Handel Mixed Choir - Sheet Music

Alexanders Feast or The Power of Musick HWV 75 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day by George Frideric Handel Mixed Choir - Sheet Music

By George Frideric Handel

In 1736 Handel composed “Alexander’s Feast” or “The Power of Musick”, a two-part cantata based on John Dryden’s poem of the same name. Now in a revised editionFor the new edition of Handel’s “Alexander’s Feast”, the dynamic markings have been thoroughly revised. The three movements which Handel had added are published for the first time in the vocal score. The readability of the edition has been much improved and the writing of the piano part has become more idiomatic.

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Summary
Instrument:
Choir Double Bass Recorder Tenor Voice Soprano Voice Bass Voice Voice Solo Basso Continuo
Ensembles:
Orchestra Mixed Choir
Genres:
Baroque Period
Composers:
George Frideric Handel
Publishers:
Baerenreiter Verlag
Series:
Barenreiter Urtext
ISBN:
9790006442492
Format:
Score
Item types:
Physical
Artist:
George Frideric Handel
Usages:
St. Cecilia's Day
Size:
12.99 x 10.16 inches
Shipping Weight:
2.54 pounds
Detailed Description
Solo voices, choir, orchestra (Soprano Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Bass Voice Solo, Mixed choir: SSATTB, 2 V, 2 Va, Vc, double bass, 2 Ob, 3bassoon, 2 recorder, 2 Hn, timpani, Continuo(harpisc., Org, bassoon, Vc, double bass)) - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA04001

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Konrad Ameln. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Halle Handel Edition (HHA) Series I, Volume 1. Complete edition, Score. HWV 75. Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04001. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04001).

ISBN 9790006442492. 12.99 x 10.16 inches. Text Language: German, English. Preface: Konrad Ameln. John Dryden.

In 1736 Handel composed “Alexander’s Feast” or “The Power of Musick”, a two-part cantata based on John Dryden’s poem of the same name.

Now in a revised edition
For the new edition of Handel’s “Alexander’s Feast”, the dynamic markings have been thoroughly revised. The three movements which Handel had added are published for the first time in the vocal score. The readability of the edition has been much improved and the writing of the piano part has become more idiomatic.

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Series:
Barenreiter Urtext
Instrument:
Vocal Choir Strings Double Bass Woodwinds Recorder Vocal Voice Tenor Voice Vocal Voice Soprano Voice Vocal Voice Bass Voice Vocal Voice Voice Solo Piano and Keyboard Basso Continuo
Artists:
George Frideric Handel Konrad Ameln
Ensemble:
Orchestra Mixed Choir
Publisher:
Baerenreiter Verlag