 | Overture from "Judas Maccabäus" for Woodwind Quartet HWV 63 Georg Friedrich Haendel Wind Quartet: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon |
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| Composer |  Haendel, Georg Friedrich (1685 - 1759) | ||
| Instrumentation | Wind Quartet: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon | ||
| Sheet central | Judas Maccabaeus (66 sheet music) 2 other versions | ||
| Style | Baroque | ||
| Arranger |  | ||
| Publisher | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||
| Date | 1746 | ||
| Copyright | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 17 Jan 2013
"Judas Maccabaeus" (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three
acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based
on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio
was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return
from the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). Other
catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work
as HG xxii; and HHA 1/24. Morell's libretto is based on
the deuterocanonical 1 Maccabees (2-8), with motives
added from the Antiq...(+)
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