Four Coronation Anthems
by George Frideric Handel
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir and orchestra (2 ob, 2 bn, 3 tpt, timp, strings, cont.) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193352599

Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Clifford Bartlett. Sacred choral - mixed voices. Classic Choral Works. Full score. 160 pages. Duration 5', 12', 8', 11'. Oxford University Press #9780193352599. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193352599).

ISBN 9780193352599. 12 x 9 inches.

These four splendid anthems were composed for the coronation of George II in October 1727 and have since retained a position at the heart of the English choral tradition. The popular anthem Zadok the Priest has been performed at all subsequent coronations, and Handel's other contributions to the royal occasion - Let thy hand be strengthened, The King shall rejoice, and My heart is inditing - have the same majestic grandeur, with affecting contrasts between different sections of the sacred texts. The editor, Clifford Bartlett, has corrected various inconsistencies in Handel's score, and complete details of sources and editorial method, additional performance notes, and a critical commentary are included.

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