Samson HWV 57
Oratorio in three acts Bärenreiter Urtext
4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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- For
- 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
- Product Type
- Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Editor
- Hans Dieter Clausen
- Product number
- 584023
- Lyrics
- Newburgh Hamilton
Scoring: Oboe (2), Bassoon (2), Horn (2), Trumpet (2), Timpani, Violin (2), Viola, Basses (Violoncello, Double bass, Bassoon, Bass lute, Harpsichord, Organ)
Handel composed Samson directly after completing the 'Messiah'. After its premiere in 1743 in the Covent Garden Theatre in London, the work rapidly became one of the composer’s most successful oratorios alongside 'Esther' and 'Judas Maccabaeus'. This probably had as much to do with the popular Old Testament story of the libretto as with H...
Ensemble Vorwort Preface Index of Scenes Table of Versions Symphony Act I Act II Act III Appendix Ia: Original version Appendix Ib: Movements from the intermediate 1742 version Variants and additions