Viola
SKU:
CA.5506313
Composed
by George Frideric
Handel. Edited by Felix
Loy. Sacred vocal music,
Oratorios; Stuttgart
Editions (Urtext):
Stuttgart Handel Edition.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Handel. Viola. Sacred
vocal music, Oratorios.
Individual part. 40
pages. Duration 160
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
55.063/13. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.5506313).
ISBN
9790007242091. Language:
English/German. Text:
Eschenburg, J. J. / Loy,
Felix.
First
critical edition. The
oratorio Judas Maccabaeus
is one of George Frideric
Handel's most popular
choral works. It was
performed over fifty
times during the
composer's lifetime and
was one of his first
works to be performed in
Germany (1772). The
frequent performances
given by Handel himself
resulted in a
particularly large number
of reworkings, reflecting
local conditions. This
new edition therefore
offers the work in two
performable versions:
firstly, the version of
the first performance in
1747, and the one from
the last oratorio season
during Handel's lifetime
(1758/59). This makes
available all the
choruses and arias which
Handel ever wrote for
Judas Maccabaeus.
Reflecting the latest
Handel research, the
edition is based for the
first time throughout on
Handel's conductor's
score, thereby
eradicating not only
long-perpetuated
mistakes, but also
providing clarity about
which pieces were
actually performed by
Handel. By contrast with
the Chrysander edition
obligatory until now, the
aria Father of heav'n
which introduces Part III
is included here in its
original, longer version.
Score and part available
separately - see item
CA.5506300.
