Chor der Dänen
from Alfred, Konig der Angelsachsen, Hob. XXX:5
by Franz Joseph Haydn
Choir - Sheet Music

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SKU: HH.HH311-FSC

From Alfred, Konig der Angelsachsen, Hob. XXX:5. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Anton Gabmayer. Choir & Orchestra. Full score. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH311-FSC. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH311-FSC).

ISBN 9790708092605.

The "Chor der Dänen" is the first of three surviving pieces from the incidental music Haydn wrote for a production of John William Cowmeadow’s play Alfred, König der Angelsachsen, oder der patriotische König ("Alfred, King of the Anglo Saxons, or, The Patriotic King") at Eisenstadt in September 1796. A subject such as Alfred the Great's victory over the Vikings in the year 878 would have been popular in the war torn Europe of Haydn’s time, and the composer's thrilling setting capture's all the power and drama of the text. It is scored for a chorus of soprano, tenor and bass, and an orchestra of strings, two oboes, two bassoons, two trumpets and timpani.