Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Choir Tenor Voice Soprano Voice Bass Voice Voice Solo
- Ensembles:
- SSAATTBB Orchestra Mixed Choir
- Genres:
- Baroque Period
- Composers:
- George Frideric Handel
- Publishers:
- Baerenreiter Verlag
- Series:
- Barenreiter Urtext
- ISBN:
- 9790006550081
- Format:
- Score
- Item types:
- Physical
- Musical forms:
- Oratorio
- Artist:
- George Frideric Handel
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Size:
- 12.99 x 10.24 inches
- Shipping Weight:
- 4.86 pounds
Detailed Description
SKU: BA.BA04089
Oratorio in three parts. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Merlin Channon. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. Halle Handel Edition (HHA) Series I, Volume 23. Complete edition, Score. HWV 62. Duration 2 hours, 20 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04089. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04089).ISBN 9790006550081. 12.99 x 10.24 inches. Text Language: English. Text: Newburgh Hamilton.
The “Occasional Oratorio” was composed as a reaction to a political event which shook the whole of England : the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-46 against the Hanoverian monarchy was crushed under the leadership of the Duke of Cumberland. Handel, who was working on the oratorio “ Judas Maccabaeus” at the time, composed the oratorio quickly and reused some movements from earlier works. With the choice of a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton he demonstrated his support for the monarchy. The work was first performed on 14 February 1746 at the Covent Garden Theatre in London .
For the first time this seldomly performed oratorio which nevertheless contains wonderful music is available in an Urtext edition based on the “ Halle Handel Edition” . All available sources have been consulted. Further movements which Handel added for later performances are included in the appendix.
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- Series:
- Barenreiter Urtext
- Instrument:
- Vocal Choir Vocal Voice Tenor Voice Vocal Voice Soprano Voice Vocal Voice Bass Voice Vocal Voice Voice Solo
- Artists:
- George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble:
- SSAATTBB Orchestra Mixed Choir
- Publisher:
- Baerenreiter Verlag