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Song for St Cecilia's Day : HWV 76 / Georg Friedrich Händel ; herausgegeben von Stephan Blaut.

Author/creator Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 composer.
Other author/creatorDryden, John, 1631-1700 librettist.
Other author/creatorBlaut, Stephan, editor.
Format Musical Score and Print
Publication InfoKassel : Bärenreiter, 2020.
Description1 score (xlii, 195 pages) : facsimiles ; 33 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleOde for St. Cecilia's Day
Series Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Serie I, Oratorien und grosse Kantaten ; Band 15
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works. 1955 ; Ser. 1, Bd. 15. ^A579222
Contents Zur Edition -- Vorwort -- Konkordanz -- Editorial policy -- Preface -- Table of versions -- Facsimiles. Ouverture, Larghetto e staccato (Beginn) ; Chorus (nr. 2) From harmony, from heav'nly harmony (Beginn) ; Solo and chorus (nr. 11) As from the pow'r of sacred lays (Ausschnitt) ; Solo and chorus (nr. 11) As from the pow'r of sacred lays (Schluss) ; Air (nr. 7) Sharp violins proclaim und Solo and chorus (nr. 11) As from the pow'r of sacred lays (Skizzen) ; La Marche (nr. 5) (Skizze) ; Recitativ From harmony, from heav'nly harmony (vollständig) und Accompagnato (nr. 1) When nature underneath a heap (Beginn) ; Air (nr. 7) Sharp violins proclaim bzw. Air (nr. 7a) Fier' violini san (Ausschnitt) ; Einblattdruck mit dem Text From harmony, from heav'nly harmony / von John Dryden, London 1687 -- Text des Hauptteils mit deutscher Übersetzung -- Hauptteil, Erstaufführung 1739 = Main part, first performance 1739. Besetzung ; Ouverture ; Menuet I ; Menuet II ; Recitative: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony (tenore solo) ; Accompagnato: When nature underneath a heap (tenore solo) ; Chorus: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony ; Air: What passion cannot music raise and quell? (soprano solo) ; Air and chorus: The trumpet's loud clangour (tenore solo and chorus) ; La Marche ; Air: The soft complaining flute (soprano solo) ; Air: Sharp violins proclaim (tenore solo) ; Air: But oh! what art can teach (soprano solo) ; Air: Orpheus could lead the savage race (soprano solo) ; Accompagnato: But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r (soprano solo) ; Solo and chorus: As from the pow'r of sacred lays (soprano solo and chorus) -- Anhang I = Appendix I. Frühfassungen einzelner Musiksätze = Early versions of individual movements. Ouverture ; Air: The trumpet's loud clangour (tenore solo) ; Solo and chorus: As from the pow'r of sacred lays (soprano solo and chorus) -- Anhang II = Appendix II. Für spätere Fassungen geänderte Stücke = Altered movements for later versions. Accompagnato: When nature underneath a heap (tenore solo) ; Air: The soft complaining flute (alto solo) ; Air: Fier' violini san (soprano solo) -- Kritischer Bericht. Abkürzungen, RISM-Bibliothekssigel -- Quellen, Handschriften, Drucke, Ausgaben. Libretti ; Musikalische Quellen. Handschriften ; Autographe ; Nichtautographe Handschriften ; Partiturabschriften (ohne und mit instrumentaler Einleitungsmusik) ; Stimmen ; Partiturabschriften einzelner Sätze sowie eine Solo-Sopran-Stimme zweier Arien ; Drucke ; Für die Erarbeitung der vorliegenden Ausgabe von HWV 76 nicht oder nur partiell verwendete Handschriften und Drucke/Ausgaben bis 1800 (Auswahl) ; Handschriften ; Drucke/Ausgaben ; Ausgaben 19.-21. Jahrhundert (Auswahl) ; Stemma ; Einzelnachweise.
Abstract Composed in 1739 to a text by John Dryden, his poem From harmony (1687). This edition is based primarily on Handel's autograph score and performing score, and several manuscript sources dating from 1739 to approximately 1760.
Local noteJoyner-FOR JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works. 1955, SEARCH BY SERIES TITLE OR CALL NUMBER M3 .H26.
General noteIncludes facsimile of Dryden's poem (1687) as used by Giovanni Battista Draghi in his London performance of the same title (page xl).
General notePreface in German and English; critical report in German.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LanguageEnglish words by John Dryden also printed separately as text with German translation (pages xli-xlii).
LCCN 2021371441
ISMN 9790006550319 (ser. 1, v. 15 ; cloth)
Publisher numberBA 10722-01 Bärenreiter

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