My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261 (Handel, George Frideric)

Composition Year 1727 September-October (conjectural)
Genre Categories Anthems; 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 bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language; German language; For 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet; Scores featuring the trombone; Scores featuring the timpani; Scores featuring the organ; For 6 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano
Related Works Coronation Anthems, HWV 258-261

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Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

For 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani and Organ (Rondeau)

 Virtual performance
#423759 - 11.96MB - 13:04 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 66×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/5/21)

Performers MIDI
Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Copyright
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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
#308104 - 8.38MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1445×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Notenschreiber (2013/12/24)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 14
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1863. Plate H.W. 14.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#255155 - 2.11MB, 32 (ii, 30) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1531×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2012/10/19)

Arranger Edouard Silas (1827-1909), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score
#423751 - 0.24MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 126×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/5/21)

⇒ 7 more: Trumpet 1/2 (A) • Trumpet 1/2 (C) • Trumpet 1/2 (D) • Trombone 1/2 • Timpani • Organ • Engraving files

 Trumpet 1/2 (A)
#423752 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 67×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/5/21)

 Trumpet 1/2 (C)
#423753 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 61×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/5/21)

 Trumpet 1/2 (D)
#423754 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 59×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/5/21)

 Trombone 1/2
#423755 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 34×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/5/21)

 Timpani
#423756 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 46×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/5/21)

 Organ
#423757 - 0.17MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 87×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/5/21)

 Engraving files
#423758 - 1.33MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 51×⇩ - Michrond

ZIP typeset by arranger
Michrond (2016/5/21)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
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For Piano (Silas)

 Complete Score
#439573 - 2.11MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 24×⇩ - Zeyarshwe

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Zeyarshwe (2016/9/18)

Arranger Edouard Silas (1827–1909)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Novello's original octavo edition. Possibly relates to #255155 though with voice part removed?
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General Information

Work Title Coronation Anthem "My Heart Is Inditing"
Alternative. Title Krönungshymne für König Georg II
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 261
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 331
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1727 September-October (conjectural)
First Performance. 1727-10-11 in London: Westminster Abbey
First Publication. 1743 or earlier
Librettist Psalm XLV (verses 1, 10 and 12) (via Henry Purcell) and Isaiah (chapter 49, verse 23)
Language English (and German?)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Vocal: soprano, 2 altos, tenor, 2 basses; mixed chorus (SAATBB)
Orchestra: 2 oboes, [bassoon], 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo (harpsichord)
Related Works Coronation Anthems, HWV 258-261
Authorities VIAF

Misc. Comments

It is unclear whether the German was included in the original, and in the absence of translator information, it is assumed that it was.

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