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

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ScoreSeries: Handel, George Frideric, Works: Ser. 1, Bd. 8.Publisher: Kassel ; New York : Bärenreiter, 1995Description: 1 score (xxxi, 207 p.) : facsims. ; 33 cm.Subject(s): Oratorios -- Scores

| Masques with music -- ScoresDDC classification: CE/Handel

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Reference	MTU Cork School of Music Library Reference	CE/Handel (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not for loan	00117477

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HWV describes this work as a "masque in 6 scenes"; text in English.

The first version written for performance in 1720.

Text attributed to Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot, after "Esther" by Jean Racine (1689)

"Critical report": p. 182-207.

German translation of libretto, printed as text: p. xxix-xxxi.