Samson : oratorio in three acts, HWV 57 / Georg Friedrich Händel ; herausgegeben von Hans Dieter Clausen.

Author/creator Handel, George Frideric
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoKassel ; New York : Bärenreiter, 2011.
Description1 score (2 volumes (xcvii, 526 pages)) : facsimiles ; 33 cm.
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Other author/creatorClausen, Hans Dieter editor.
Other author/creatorHamilton, Newburgh, 1691-1761 librettist.
Other author/creatorMilton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes.
Included WorkHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson Libretto.
SeriesHallische 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 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 noteFor solo voices, chorus (SATB), and orchestra.
General noteLibretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Samson Agonistes and other poems by John Milton.
General noteIncludes preface in German with English translation and critical commentary in German.
LanguageEnglish 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 numberBA 4099 Bärenreiter