Zadok the priest HWV 258
Coronation Anthem
By George Frideric Handel

Zadok the priest HWV 258 by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

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Instrument:

Choir

Double Bass

Ensemble:

Mixed Choir

Orchestra

Format:

Score

Series:

Barenreiter Urtext

Publisher:

Baerenreiter Verlag

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Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra (Mixed choir(SSAATBB), 2 Ob, 2 bassoon, 3Trp, timpani, 3V, Va, Bassi(Vc, double bass, bassoon, Org)) - Level 3
Coronation Anthem. Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Stephan Blaut. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Score. HWV 258. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10258_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10258).

Item Number: BA.BA10258

ISBN 9790006562176. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Text Language: English. Preface: Stephan Blaut.

Handel Coronation Anthems in Urtext editions for the first time

“Zadok the Priest”(BA 10258) and “The King shall rejoice”(BA 10259) are the best-known of the four coronation anthems that Handel wrote for the crowning of George II in London (1727). HWV 258 accompanied the king’s anointment, HWV 260 his actual coronation.

Thanks to their festive and majestic structure befitting the occasion as well as their spacious scoring for large choir and orchestra, it comes as no surprise that motifs from “Zadok the Priest” have found their way into the official hymn of the UEFA Champions League.

The present editions by the authoritative Handel scholar Stephan Blaut are the first to offer these two anthems based on the Urtext from the “Halle Handel Edition”.

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