Samson : oratorio in three acts, HWV 57 / Georg Friedrich Händel ; herausgegeben von Hans Dieter Clausen.
| Author/creator | Handel, George Frideric |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | Kassel ; New York : Bärenreiter, 2011. |
| Description | 1 score (2 volumes (xcvii, 526 pages)) : facsimiles ; 33 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Clausen, Hans Dieter editor. |
| Other author/creator | Hamilton, Newburgh, 1691-1761 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Milton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson Libretto. |
| Series | Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Serie I, Oratorien und grosse Kantaten ; Bd. 18 Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works. 1955 Ser. 1, Bd. 18. ^A579222 |
| Contents | Vol. 1. Preface ; Table of versions ; Concordance HWV-HHA ; Comparison of the texts of Hamilton's manuscript wordbook and the corresponding lines in Milton's Samson Agonistes and Milton's other works ; Facsimiles ; Texts of arias added later, with German translation ; Score of 1743 -- Vol. 2. Appendix Ia : Original version ; Appendix Ib : Movements from the intermediate 1742 version ; Appendix II : Variants and additions ; Kritischer Bericht. |
| Local note | Joyner-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 note | For solo voices, chorus (SATB), and orchestra. |
| General note | Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Samson Agonistes and other poems by John Milton. |
| General note | Includes preface in German with English translation and critical commentary in German. |
| Language | English words, also printed as facsim. of 1743 libretto (p. lxxvi-lxxxv), and as text with the parallel Milton passages (p. xxxv-lxvii). |
| LCCN | 2012562320 |
| Standard identifier# | 9790006550111 |
| ISMN | M006550111 |
| Publisher number | BA 4099 Bärenreiter |