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Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 , composer

Contributors:

Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784 , librettist

Loy, Felix , editor, translator

Chrysander, Friedrich, 1826-1901 , arranger of music

Oliveira, Daniel Ivo de , editor, arranger of music

Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820 , translator

Languages:

English
German

Language Notes:

English words with German translation.
Staff notation.

Full Title:

Judas Maccabaeus: HWV 63: soli SMsTB, coro S(S)ATB, 2 flauti dolci, 2 flauti, 2 oboi, 2 fagotti, 2 corni, 3 trombe, timpani (tamburo militare), 2(3) violini, viola e basso continuo (violoncello, contrabbasso, cembalo/organo); Klavierauszug, Friederich Chrysander, revised and supplemented by Daniel Ivo de Oliveira; German text, Johann Joachim Eschenburg and Felix Loy

Included Works:

Judas Maccabaeus: HWV 63: soli SMsTB, coro S(S)ATB, 2 flauti dolci, 2 flauti, 2 oboi, 2 fagotti, 2 corni, 3 trombe, timpani (tamburo militare), 2(3 ... [by Handel, G.F.] [translated: edited by Felix Loy]

Judas Maccabaeus [by Handel, G.F.] (Vocal score)

Judas Maccabaeus [by Handel, G.F.] (Vocal score; German)

Related Series:

Vocal music [of Handel, G.F.] > Selections (Carus Verlag)

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: edited by Felix Loy

Subjects:

Oratorios — Vocal scores with piano

Oratorios

Genres:

Oratorios

Vocal scores

Vocal scores with piano

Performance Medium:

5 performers and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; solo mezzo-soprano voice; solo tenor voice; solo bass voice; mixed chorus [S(S)ATB]; piano
5 performers and 4 ensembles: solo soprano voice; solo alto voice; solo tenor voice; solo bass voice; piano; mixed chorus (4)

General Notes:

Oratorio in three parts, for soloists, chorus and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano.
Handel composed this work in 1746 on a libretto by Thomas Morell. The work was influenced by the Jacobite rebellion going on in Britain at the time. The work was premiered in 1747.
Contains the version of the first performance in 1747 with the additional choruses and arias performed in the 1758/59 season.
English libretto by Thomas Morell ; German text by Johann Joachim Eschenburg and Felix Loy.
"Urtext." - front cover
1758/89 version duration: approximately 2 hr 50 mins ; 1789 version duration: approximately 2 hr 20 mins
Foreword in German and English.
Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

1 vocal score (viii, 224 pages) ; 27 cm.
HWV 63 HWV

Call Numbers:

M2003.H14 J74 2018

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Music Number: 9790007188610
International Standard Music Number: M007188610
Publisher Number, Carus: Carus 55.063/03
Publisher Number, Carus: 55.063/03
Publisher Number, Carus: CV 55.063/03

OCLC Numbers:

1049859357