Esther : oratorio in six scenes (1. Fassung), HWV 50a / Georg Friedrich Händel ; herausgegeben von Howard Serwer.

Author/creator Handel, George Frideric
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoKassel ; New York : Bärenreiter, 1995.
Description1 score (xxxi, 207 pages) : facsimiles ; 33 cm.
Subjects

Other author/creatorSerwer, Howard, editor.
Other author/creatorPope, Alexander, 1688-1744 librettist.
Other author/creatorArbuthnot, John, 1667-1735 librettist.
Other author/creatorRacine, Jean, 1639-1699. Esther.
Uniform titleEsther, HWV 50a
SeriesHallische Händel-Ausgabe. Serie I, Oratorien und grosse Kantaten ; Bd. 8
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works. 1955 Ser. 1, Bd. 8. ^A579222
Local noteJoyner-FOR JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works. 1955, SEARCH BY SERIES TITLE OR CALL NUMBER M3 .H26.
General noteHWV describes this work as a "masque in 6 scenes"; text in English.
General noteThe first version written for performance in 1720.
General noteText attributed to Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot, after "Esther" by Jean Racine (1689).
General note"Critical report": p. 182-207.
General noteGerman translation of libretto, printed as text: p. xxix-xxxi.
Bibliography noteIncludes English and German librettos.
LCCN 97701768
ISMN M006495665
Publisher numberBA 4047 Bärenreiter

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