George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Song for St Cecilia´s Day HWV 76
Ode to St Cecilia Bärenreiter Urtext
4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Details
- For
- 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
- Product Type
- Violin 1, 3 (orchestral part)
- Author / Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Editor
- Stephan Blaut
- Product number
- 1340593
- Release Year
- 2022
Description
- Urtext from the “Halle Handel Edition”
- Detailed notes on performance practice in the text section (Ger/Eng)
- Easy-to-play piano reduction
Following upon “Alexander’s Feast” (1736), in 1739 Handel produced a second setting of the “Ode to St Cecilia” (“Song for St Cecilia’s Day”). At its première it was combined with “Alexander’s Feast”. Rather than a dramatic plot presentable in the theatre, the Ode, in its seven sections, offers a general hymn of praise to music and its impact. Accordi...