Athalia, HWV 52 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1733-06-07 (end date)
Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For 6 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language; For harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Overture

For Harpsichord or Organ (Gouin)

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#473898 - 0.02MB - 4:23 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 130×⇩ - MID - Keanur

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Keanur (2017/5/31)

Publisher Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2017
Performers MIDI file by Pierre Gouin
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Air & Chorus 'Gloomy tyrants' (Act I, Sc.4, No.24)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

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#442398 - 2.50MB - 2:44 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 110×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/10/9)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#18738 - 50.43MB, 240 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4970×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/13)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 5 (pp.1-215)
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1859. Plate H.W. 5.
Copyright
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#333384 - 13.04MB, 186 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 999×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/9)

Arranger Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Selections

 Celebrated Songs (voices, continuo)
#432468 - 4.75MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 78×⇩ - Giovanni Tribuzio

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Giovanni Tribuzio (2016/7/29)

Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.(1735?).
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Misc. Notes I-CRsp, Fondo Albert Dunning 66
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 Act I, Sc.13, No.17. Air: Gentle airs, melodious strains
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 Act II, Sc.2, No.30. Air: Will God, whose mercies ever flow
#146320 - 0.18MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 767×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/4)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909)
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Vol.I: For High Voice (pp.51-56)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1086-3.
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Air: Faithful cares in vain extended, Act I, Sc.4

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Royal College o... (2023/10/30)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750-1800).
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 1120
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Air: My vengeance awakes me, Act II, Sc.2

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Royal College o... (2023/10/27)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750-1800).
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 1120
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Harpsichord or Organ (Anonymous)

 Complete Score (Original)
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 Complete Score (Revised edition)
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Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2008
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. From Handel's Sixty Overtures from all his Operas and Oratorios Set for the Harpsichord or Organ
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For Organ (Best)

 Complete Score
#473901 - 0.31MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 52×⇩ - Keanur

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Keanur (2017/5/31)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.1 (pp.219-225)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Chorus: The traitor if you there descry (Act I, Sc.3, No.20)

For Organ (Best)

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Keanur (2017/6/4)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.356)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Air & Chorus: Gloomy tyrants (Act I, Sc.4, No.24)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

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#442396 - 0.18MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 280×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/10/9)

 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#442397 - 0.47MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 118×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/10/9)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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General Information

Work Title Athalia
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Athalia (oratorium); S Oratorium Athalia vom Händel; Athalia (Händel)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176608863; LCCN: n2006035311; GND: 300064217; SELIBR: 284520; BNF: 13913099z
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 52
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 81
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1733-06-07 (end date)
First Performance. 1733-07-10
Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre
Librettist Samuel Humphreys (ca.1698–1738), after Jean Racine (1639−1699), 1691
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Athalia, Baalite Queen of Judah and Daughter of Jezebel (soprano)
Josabeth, Wife of Joad (soprano)
Joas, King of Judah (boy soprano)
Joad, High Priest (alto)
Mathan, Priest of Baal, formerly a Jewish Priest (tenor)
Abner, Captain of the Jewish Forces (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

young virgins, israelites, priests and levites, attendants, sidonian priests

Orchestra

2 recorders (or flutes), 2 oboes, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo (harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article - Complete libretto
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