La Resurrezione : oratorio in due parti, HWV 47 / Georg Friedrich Händel ; herausgegeben von Terence Best.
By: Handel, George Frideric
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Contributor(s): Best, Terence [edt ] | Capece, Carlo Sigismondo [lbt ].
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BookSeries: Handel, George Frideric, Works: Ser. 1, Bd. 3. Publisher: Kassel ; New York : Bärenreiter, 2010Description: 1 score (xlv, 161 p.) : facsims. ; 33 cm.Subject(s): Oratorios -- Scores | Oratorios -- LibrettosDDC classification: CE/Handel
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Reference | MTU Cork School of Music Library Reference | CE/Handel (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 00147032 |
For solo voices (SSATB), chorus (SATB), and orchestra.
Libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece, based on St. John's Gospel, and the tradition of Christ's descent into Limbo, or "The Harrowing of Hell."
Includes facsimile of the original libretto (Rome, 1708).
Pref. in German and English (p. vii-xix) and critical report in English (p. [131]-161).
Consists of 29 numbers in two parts. This was Handel's second Italian oratorio. It premiered on Easter Sunday in 1708, at the Palazzo Bonelli in Rome. This edition is based on autograph sources, as well as copyist's manuscripts.
Italian words; also printed separately as text with German and English translations (p. xxxii-xlv).