George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)

How beautiful are the feet / Blessed are they that considereth the poor HWV 266 (267), 268

Anthem on the Peace / Foundling Hospital Anthem Halle Handel Edition III/14

Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra

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For
Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Product Type
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Author / Composer
George Frideric Handel
Editor
Stephan Blaut
Product number
2296698
Languages
english
Description

Volume 14 of Series III (Church Music) of the Halle Handel Edition contains two anthems composed by Handel in 1749, representing his last contributions to the English anthem genre. He performed the Peace Anthem “How beautiful are the feet” HWV 266 for the first time on 25 April in a thanksgiving service held in London at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, as part of the celebrations marking the Peace of Aachen. A month later, on 27 May, Handel held his first benefit concert in the still unfini...