Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Composition Year 1736-01-17 (end date)
Genre Categories Secular oratorios; Oratorios; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For voices and chorus with orchestra (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#296367 - 5.96MB, 198 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4057×⇩ - Irishmaestro

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d. [1736?]
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Misc. Notes The publication also contains the cantata Cecilia, volgi uno sguardo, HWV 89
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 Segment 1
#197692 - 24.28MB, 103 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1872×⇩ - JP3

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⇒ 4 more: Segment 2 • Segment 3 • Segment 4 • Segment 5

 Segment 2
#197693 - 21.63MB, 100 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 455×⇩ - JP3

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 Segment 3
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 Segment 4
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 Segment 5
#197696 - 20.37MB, 87 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 536×⇩ - JP3

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JP3 (2012/4/3)

Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Manuscript score, n.d. (ca.1768).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This manuscript is a single volume.
It has been divided into 5 segments in order to reduce file size.
RISM-A/II-000124444
This item forms part of the
Ricasoli Collection at the University of Louisville Music Library.
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 Complete Score
#18765 - 37.67MB, 190 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6012×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/13)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 12
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1861. Plate H.W. 12.
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Ouverture

 Complete Score
#107073 - 1.18MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1336×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
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Parts

Ouverture

For the first edition of the Overture, published by Walsh, see Overtures (Handel, George Frideric)

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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete score
#39720 - 5.00MB, 93 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3936×⇩ - operalala

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operalala (2009/9/20)

Language English
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, n.d.(ca.1870). Plate 6203.
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 Complete score
#127550 - 13.15MB, 114 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1649×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2011/9/21)

Language German / English
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff, n.d. Plate 1707
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Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries

 Complete Score
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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1133-8.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Voices, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Mozart)

 Complete Score
#239342 - 26.51MB, 184 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 765×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2012/6/30)

Arranger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Language German
Translator Karl Wilhelm Ramler
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d., Plate 1049.
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Overture

For Harpsichord or Organ (Anonymous)

 Complete score
#130596 - 0.16MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2281×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

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Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2011
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. No 38 in Handel’s Sixty Overtures from all his Operas and Oratorios Set for the Harpsichord or Organ
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Aria: Softly sweet in Lydian measure (Act I)

For Cello and Piano (Roth)

 Piano score
#65835 - 0.41MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1027×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2010/6/1)

 Cello part
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Generoso (2010/6/1)

Arranger Philipp Roth (1853–1898)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate V.A. 1562.
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General Information

Work Title Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Das Alexanderfest; Alexander's Feast; Alexander’s Feast; 亞力山大的盛宴; 亞歷山大的盛宴; 亚历山大的盛宴; O festim de Alexandre; アレクサンダーの饗宴; Aleksanterinjuhla; Гозбата на Александар
Name Aliases Alexanderfest; Timotheus oder die Gewalt der Musik; Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick En l'honneur de Ste-Cécile; O poder da música; Musiikin mahti; Musiikin voima; Power of Music; Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: n82216218
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 75
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 43
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 Acts
Act I
1. Overture
2. Recitative: 'Twas at the royal feast
3. Aria and Chorus: Happy, happy, happy pair
4. Recitative: Timotheus plac'd on high
5. Recitative: The song began from Jove
6. Chorus: The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound
7. Aria: With ravish'd ears
8. Recitative: The praise of Bacchus
9. Aria: Bacchus ever fair and young
10. Chorus: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure
11. Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound
12. Recitative: He chose a mournful muse
13. Aria: He sung Darius, great and good
14. Recitative: With downcast looks
15. Chorus: Behold Darius, great and good
16. Recitative: The mighty Master smiled to see
17. Aria: Softly sweet in Lydian measure
18. Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble
19. Aria: The prince unable
20. Chorus: The many rend the skies
Act II
21. Recitative: Now strive the golden lyre again
22. Chorus: Break his bands of sleep asunder
23. Recitative: Hark, hark! the horrid sound
24. Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries
25. Aria: Behold the ghastly band
26. Recitative: Give the vengeance due
27. Air and Chorus: The princes applaud with a furious joy
28. Air and Chorus: Thais led the way
29. Recitative: Thus long ago
30. Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came
31. Recitative and Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize
32. Chorus: Your voices tune
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1736-01-17 (end date)
First Performance. 1736-02-19
London: Covent Garden
Librettist John Dryden (1631-1700), 1697, arranged by Hamilton, with additional texts by Hamilton.
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Vocal soloists, Chorus, Orchestra
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