George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Jephtha
Oratorio in three acts HWV 70 Bärenreiter Urtext
Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
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Details
- For
- Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
- Product Type
- Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Editor
- Martin Focke
- Product number
- 564544
- Lyrics
- Thomas Morell
Description
“Jephtha” 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 “Jephtha”, 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 Ip...
Content
- Preface
- Vorwort
- Index of Scenes / Verzeichnis der Szenen
- Händel, Georg Friedrich Jephtha HWV 70. Oratorium in drei Akten: Text: Morell, Thomas
- Ouverture
- Act I
- Act II
- Act III
- Anhang I: Vor der ersten Aufführung ersetzte Musik
- Anhang II: Musik für die Wiederaufnahme von 1756
- Anhang III: Sätze, die nicht datiert werden können
