Esther, HWV 50a (Handel, George Frideric)

Composition Year 1718?
Genre Categories Masques; Theatrical Works; Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Prelude (Act I, Scene 5)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Virtual Performance
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Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#18904 - 32.88MB, 160 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5494×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 40
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1882. Plate H.W. 40.
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 Complete Score
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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 40
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1882. Plate H.W. 40.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2623.
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Misc. Notes Full Score is 10x13 scan.
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Parts

 Oboe 1/2
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⇒ 8 more: Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Trumpet (C) • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Continuo/Cellos/Basses

 Bassoon 1/2
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 Horn 1, 2 (F)
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 Trumpet (C)
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 Harp
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Continuo/Cellos/Basses
#722649 - 2.33MB, 47 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 52×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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Copyist Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2623.
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Vocal Scores

Tune Your Harps (Part I, Nos.6-7)

 Complete Score (F major, original key)
#296267 - 0.06MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2553×⇩ - Artexanis

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 Complete Score (E♭ major, transposed)
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Editor Hans Vereyken
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prelude (Act I, Scene 5)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
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 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
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Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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General Information

Work Title Esther
Alternative. Title The Oratorium
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 50a
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 169
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1718?
First Performance. 1718? - Little Stanmore, Middlesex: Cannons (house)
Librettist John Arbuthnot (1667−1735) (?) and Alexander Pope (1688−1744) (?)
after Jean Racine (1639−1699)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Esther (soprano)
Ahasuerus, King of Persia (tenor)
Mordecai (tenor)
Haman (bass)
Israelite Woman (soprano)
Priest (alto)
First Israelite (tenor)
Second Israelite (bass)
Habdonah (bass)
Persian Officer (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

chorus of israelites, chorus of persian soldiers

Orchestra

2 recorders, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, trumpet, strings, continuo (organ, harpsichord, theorbo, harp)
External Links Wikipedia article
Libretto (Stanford)

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