Athalia (HWV 52) is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys based on the play Athalie by Jean...
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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ˈhændəl/ HAN-dəl; baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ; 23 February 1685 –...
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Collected editions of Handel's works include the Händel-Gesellschaft (HG) and the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA), but the more recent Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis...
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glittering premiere on 6 May. Its success encouraged Handel to write two more oratorios (Deborah and Athalia). All three oratorios were performed to large and...
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Water Music (redirect from Water Music (Händel))
movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I's request for...
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Rossi) Joad, Athalia (Handel) La Fortuna, Giustino, (Handel) Childerico, Faramondo, (Handel) David, Saul (Handel) Athamas, Semele (Handel) Joseph, Joseph...
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Handel Hendrix House (previously Handel & Hendrix in London) is a museum in Mayfair, London, dedicated to the lives and works of the German-born British...
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July 2009 Handel's lost Hamburg operas List of compositions by George Frideric Handel Handel Reference Database Hicks, Anthony (1992), 'Handel, George Frideric'...
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does not include the full scores of Handel's works (for the full scores, see Händel-Gesellschaft and Hallische Händel-Ausgabe). The HWV thematic catalogue...
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Ombra mai fu (redirect from Largo (Handel))
known as "Largo from Xerxes" or "Handel's Largo", is the opening aria from the opera Serse (1738) by George Frideric Handel. "Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra...
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Attalia (disambiguation) (redirect from Athalia (disambiguation))
biblical story of Athaliah, the queen of Judah Athalia (Handel), a 1733 oratorio by George Frideric Handel Atalia (Mayr), an 1822 oratorio by Simon Mayr...
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Alexander's Feast HWV 75, Handel's setting of John Dryden's ode. The performances of Esther and Deborah were revivals, while Athalia was a reworking for its...
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Israel in Egypt (redirect from Israel in Egypt (Handel))
George Frideric Handel. Most scholars believe the libretto was prepared by Charles Jennens, who also compiled the biblical texts for Handel's Messiah. It...
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Dixit Dominus is a psalm setting by George Frideric Handel (catalogued as HWV 232). It uses the Latin text of Psalm 110 (Vulgate 109), which begins with...
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presented "after the manner of an oratorio", in three parts by George Frideric Handel. Based on an existing opera libretto by William Congreve, the work is an...
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Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) (redirect from Sarabande handel)
The Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred...
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(oratorio) Georg Friedrich Händel / Messiah (1742) / A Sacred Oratorio / Words by Charles Jennens opera.stanford.edu George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) / Messiah...
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Solomon, HWV 67, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright...
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Agrippina (opera) (redirect from Agrippina Handel)
Agrippina (HWV 6) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani. Composed for the 1709–10 Venice...
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sacred dramas with English words presented in concert form, Deborah, and Athalia (which, like Esther, was also based on a Biblical drama by Racine), both...
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"Handel in Hamburg". Muziekweb. 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023. Arnold Jacobshagen (ed.), Panja Mücke: Das Händel-Handbuch in 6 Bänden. Händels Opern...
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concert form, Deborah, and Athalia (which, like Esther, was also based on a Biblical drama by Racine), both in 1733. By 1738, Handel was experiencing some...
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Jephtha (HWV 70) is an oratorio (1751) by George Frideric Handel with an English language libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell, based on the story of Jephtha...
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and published in 1866 as Volume 22 of the complete works series of the Händel-Gesellschaft. Come, ever smiling Liberty, / And with thee bring thy jocund...
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50) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It is generally acknowledged to be the first English oratorio. Handel set a libretto after the Old Testament...
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2023. Editionsleitung der Hallischen Händel-Ausgabe: "Dokumente zu Leben und Schaffen", in: Walter Eisen (ed.): Händel-Handbuch: Band 4, Deutscher Verlag...
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Acis and Galatea (HWV 49) is a musical work by George Frideric Handel with an English text by John Gay. The work has been variously described as a serenata...
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Book of Opera Singers. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337655. Score, Händel-Werkausgabe vol. 61, Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, ed. Friedrich Chrysander...
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Zadok the Priest (category Anthems by George Frideric Handel)
Priest (HWV 258) is a British anthem that was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727. Alongside The King Shall Rejoice...
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