Oratorio in three
acts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Kenneth Nott.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) Series I,
Volume 30. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 70.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA04014_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA04014).
ISBN
9790006442935. 33 x 26 cm
inches. Text Language:
English. Preface: Nott,
Kenneth. Text: Thomas
Morell.
“Jeph
tha†is
Handel’s last
oratorio. Handel had to
break off from composing
several times because of
his increasing blindness
in 1751. The first
performance at the Covent
Garden Theatre in
February 1752 was the
last performance he
conducted before he went
completely blind. In
“Jephthaâ€,
Handel succeeded in
achieving the perfect
fusion between a biblical
plot and the spirit of
classical tragedy. With
great intensity and
dramatic expression he
highlighted in particular
the fates of Jephtha and
Iphis , thereby
portraying convincing and
complex
characters.
The
chorus “How Dark, O
Lord, are Thy
Decrees†at the end
of part two is of crucial
importance in the work
and is regarded as the
dramatic high point of
the oratorio.
The
vocal score is based on
volume I/30 of the
“Halle Handel
Edition†(BA 4014),
which contains the
complete critical version
of the music of the
oratorio for the first
time.
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