Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 3 Parts Composition Year 1746 (Act I: 8/9 July - 22 July; remainder completed 11 August) Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For 7 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the mezzo-soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For cello, piano (arr); For 2 players; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the organ; For female chorus, mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring female chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; For mixed chorus (arr); For 4 recorders (arr); For 4 players; Scores featuring the recorder; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For piano (arr); For 1 player; For 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet; Scores featuring the trombone; Scores featuring the tuba

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Synthesized/MIDI

March (Part III)

For 2 Trumpets, Trombone and Tuba (Székelyhidi)

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wrshannon (7 May 2012)

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Vilmos Székelyhidi

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Vilmos Székelyhidi

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Scores

• Full Scores (1)
• Parts (11)
• Vocal Scores (8)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (16)

Full Scores

Complete Oratorio

 Complete Score
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Ivdruiz (14 July 2008)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)

Publisher Info.:

G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft. Band 22.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1865. Plate H.W. 22.

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Parts

Abridged Version

 Flute 1, 2
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Perlnerd666 (22 February 2010)

 Oboe 1, 2
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 Bassoon 1/2
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 Horn 1, 2 (in F, G)
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 Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (in D)
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 Timpani
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Perlnerd666 (22 February 2010)

 Violins I
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Perlnerd666 (22 February 2010)

 Violins II
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 Violas
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Perlnerd666 (22 February 2010)

 Cellos/Basses
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Perlnerd666 (22 February 2010)

 Organ
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Perlnerd666 (22 February 2010)

Arranger:

Salomon Jadassohn (1831-1902)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870).

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933).

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Vocal Scores

Complete Oratorio

 Complete Score
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Bassani (21 September 2011)

Language:

German / English

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Braunschweig: Henry Litolff, n.d. Plate 1706

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 Complete Score
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Massenetique (31 October 2011)

Arranger:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901), piano reduction

Language:

German

Publisher Info.:

G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft. Band 22.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1865. Plate H.W. 22.

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 Complete Score
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Massenetique (25 April 2011)

Arranger:

Charles Lamoureux (1834-1899), piano reduction

Language:

French

Translator:

Victor Wilder (1835-1892), French text

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Paris: Heugel, n.d.(1874). Plate H. 4470.

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Abridged Version

 Complete Score
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operalala (22 September 2009)

Arranger:

Frank V. Van der Stucken (1858-1929)

Language:

English

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New York: G. Schirmer, 1909. Plate 20750.

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Selections

 Aria: Arm, arm ye brave! (Part I)
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Massenetique (7 November 2011)

 Aria: From mighty kings (Part II)
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Massenetique (4 November 2011)

 Aria: Father of heaven (Part III)
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Massenetique (7 November 2011)

 Aria: Sound an alarm! (Part III)
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Massenetique (4 November 2011)

Editor:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)

Publisher Info.:

Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Vols. I (high voice), II (low voice)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. ML-1106-8, Plates ML-1148-7.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Duet: Come, ever-smiling liberty (Part I)

For Cello and Piano (Roth)

 Piano score
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Generoso (1 June 2010)

 Cello part
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Generoso (1 June 2010)

Arranger:

Philipp Roth (1853-1898)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate V.A. 1562.

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Chorus: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! (Part III)

For Female Chorus and Mixed Chorus

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RTM (2 December 2011)

Editor:

Hermann Kleemeyer (fl.1910)

Publisher Info.:

Unsere Lieder. I. Teil.
Eine Sammlung geistlicher Gesänge für gemischten Chor
Klein Ilsede: Niedersächsischer Kirchenchor-Verband, n.d.(ca.1910).

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For Mixed Chorus (Taupin)

 Complete Score
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Coulonnus (10 September 2011)

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Coulonnus (9 February 2012)

Editor:

Daniel Taupin

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Daniel Taupin

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For Mixed Chorus

 Complete Score
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RTM (25 November 2011)

Editor:

Ludwig Erk (1807-1883)
Friedrich Erk (1809-1878)
Wilhelm Greef (1809-1875)

Language:

German

Translator:

Johann Joachim Eichenburg*

Publisher Info.:

Chorbuch des "Sängerhain". Zweiter Band. Ausgabe B.
Essen: G. D. Baedeker, n.d.[1899].

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*Tochter Zion, freue dich. This sacred contrafacture (parody) is also attributed to Friedrich Heinrich Ranke (1798-1876).
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For 4 Recorders (Gomez)

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Marc Lanoiselée (15 March 2012)

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Marc Lanoiselée (15 March 2012)

Arranger:

Alberto Gomez Gomez

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Alberto Gomez Gomez

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For Piano 4 hands (Moszkowski)

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Olmsted (9 April 2011)

Arranger:

Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)

Publisher Info.:

The Etude Magazine, March 1922.
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co.

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“As transcribed by Moszkowski this fine old chorus gains additional eloquence and sonority, without violence to the original.”

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For Piano solo (Moszkowski)

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Olmsted (8 April 2011)

Arranger:

Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)

Publisher Info.:

The Etude Magazine, June 1919.
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co.

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“This splendid old chorus See the Conquering Hero Comes from Handel’s well-known oratorio.[sic] M. Moszkowski has made a sonorous and effective piano piece of this number. Grade 4.”

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March (Part III)

For 2 Trumpets, Trombone and Tuba (Székelyhidi)

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wrshannon (7 May 2012)

 Trumpet (C) 1
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 Trumpet (C) 2
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wrshannon (7 May 2012)

 Trombone 1
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 Tuba
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wrshannon (7 May 2012)

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wrshannon (7 May 2012)

Arranger:

Vilmos Székelyhidi

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Vilmos Székelyhidi

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General Information

Work Title	Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 63
Movements/Sections	3 Parts
Year/Date of Composition	1746 (Act I: 8/9 July - 22 July; remainder completed 11 August)
First Performance	1747-04-01 London: Covent Garden. Soli, Chorus and Orchestra, George Frideric Handel (conductor)
Librettist	Rev. Thomas Morell (1703-1784), from the 1st book of "Maccabees" from the Apocrypha and a few details from Josephus' "Antiquitates Judaicae". This work represents Morell's first collaboration with Handel.
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 altos, tenor, 2 basses), Chorus, Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Roles

• Judas Maccabaeus (tenor)
• Simon, his Brother (bass)
• Israelitish Woman (soprano)
• Israelitish Man (mezzo-soprano)
• Eupolemus, the Jewish Ambassador to Rome (alto)
• First Messenger (alto)
• Second Messenger (bass)

• Chorus of Israelites, Chorus of Youths, Chorus of Virgins

Sections

• Act I

• 1. Overture
• 2. Chorus: Mourn, ye afflicted children
• 3. Duet: From this dread scene (Israelitish Man, Israelitish Woman)
• 4. Chorus: For Sion lamentation make
• 5. Recitative: Not vain is all this storm of grief (Simon)
• 6. Aria: Pious orgies, pious airs (Simon)
• 7. Chorus: O Father, whose almighty pow'r
• 8. Recitative: I feel the Deity within (Simon)
• 9. Aria and Chorus: Arm, arm, ye brave (Simon)
• 10. Recitative: 'Tis well, my friends! (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 11. Aria and Chorus: Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul (Judas Maccabaeus)

• Chorus: Lead on, lead on!

• 12. Recitative: To Heav'n's almighty King we kneel (Israelitish woman)
• 13. Air and Duet: O liberty, thou choicest treasure (Israelitish woman)

• Duet: Come ever-smiling liberty (Israelitish Woman, Israelitish Man)

• 14. Recitative: My zealous father, now at rest (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 15. Trio and Chorus: Disdainful of danger (Priest, Judas Maccabaeus, Simon; Israelitish Woman)
• 16. Recitative: Haste ye, my brethren (Simon)
• 17. Chorus: Hear us, O Lord

• Act II

• 18. Chorus: Fall'n is the foe
• 19. Duet and Chorus: Sion now her head shall raise (Israelitish Woman, Israelitish Man)
• 20. Recitative: Oh, let eternal honours (Israelitish Woman)
• 21. Aria: From mighty kings he took the spoil (Israelitish Woman)
• 22. Chorus: Hail, Judea, happy land
• 23. Recitative: Thanks to my brethren! (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 24. Aria: How vain is man (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 25. Recitative: Oh Judas, oh my brethren (Israelitish Messenger)
• 26. Aria and Chorus: Ah! wretched, wretched Israel (Israelitish Woman)
• 27. Recitative: My arms! (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 28. Aria and Chorus: Sound an alarm! (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 29. Recitative: Enough! To Heav'n we leave the rest! (Simon)
• 30. Chorus: We never will bow down

• Act III

• 31. Aria: Father of Heav'n (Priest)
• 32. Recitative: Oh grant it, Heav'n (Israelitish Woman)
• 33. Aria: So shall the lute and harp awake (Israelitish Woman)
• 34. Recitative: From Capharsalama on eagle wings I fly (Israelitish Messenger)
• 35. Chorus: See, the conqu'ring hero comes!
• 36. March
• 37. Chorus: Sing unto God
• 38. Recitative: Sweet flow the strains (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 39. Aria: No unhallowed desire (Judas Maccabaeus)
• 40. Duet: Oh lovely peace (Israelitish Woman, Israelitish Man)
• 41. Aria and Chorus: Rejoice, oh Judah! (Simon)