Esther, HWV 50a (Handel, George Frideric)

		Composition Year 1718? Genre Categories Masques; Stage Works; 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

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Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)

Publisher Info.:

Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 40.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1882. Plate H.W. 40.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Esther
Alternative Title	The Oratorium

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 50a
Year/Date of Composition	1718?
First Performance	1718? - Little Stanmore, Middlesex: Cannons (house)
Librettist	John Arbuthnot (1667−1735) (?) and Alexander Pope (1688−1744) (?) after Jean Racine (1639−1699)
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Solo voices, chorus, orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article Libretto (Stanford)

Misc. Comments

The piece is a Masque.