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Alexander's Feast or The power of Music
Das Alexander-Fest oder Die Macht der Musik
Alexanderfest (1736)
HWV 075
('T was at the royal feast, for Persia won by Philip's warlike son ; Beim königlichen Fest nach Persiens Fall saß Philipps tapferer Sohn)
... an Ode wrote in Honour of St. Cecilia ; Ode zu Ehren der heiligen Cäcilia ...
Händel, Georg Friedrich
(1685 - 1759) [Germany]
Arr.:
Ameln, Konrad
(1899 - 1994) [Germany]
Text by :
Dryden, John (1631 - 1700) [England]
(1692)
Text adapted by :
Ameln, Konrad (1899 - 1994)
Editor or author of the restitution : Ameln, Konrad ; Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft Halle/Saale.
Published by
Deutscher Verlag für Musik
[Germany] -
Bärenreiter-Verlag
[Germany]
, 1957
Ref. : BA 4001 40 ; BA 4001 (155 p.
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Description
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Genre-Style-Form :
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Oratorio ; Cantata ; Secular
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Type of choir :
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SSATTB (6 mixed voices )
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Soloists :
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Sopran (1) / Tenor (1) / Bass (1) (3 soloists)
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Instrumentation :
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Orchestra (18 instrumental parts)
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Instruments :
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Recorder (2) ; Oboe (2) ; Bassoon (3) ; Horn (2) ; Timpani ; Harpsichord (1) ; Positive Organ (1) ; Violin I ; Violin II ; Viola (2) ; Cello (1) ; Double bass (1) |
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Type of material :
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Urtext Edition ; Piano-vocal score ; Full score |
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Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5) :
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4 |
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Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E) :
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D |
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Tonality :
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F major |
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Text in :
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German + adaptation in English |
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Musicologic Sources :
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Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (Kritische Gesamtausgabe) |
LOCATION(s) in LIBRARIES that are member of MUSICA
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Strasbourg, France
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Music Library of Union Sainte Cécile, tél. +33 (0)3 88 21 24 46. Email: contact@liturgie-diocese-alsace.org . Location: P 174
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(Record #P137835)
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