Samson : oratorio in three acts, HWV 57 / Georg Friedrich Händel ; herausgegeben von Hans Dieter Clausen.
By: Handel, George Frideric
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Contributor(s): Clausen, Hans Dieter [edt ] | Hamilton, Newburgh [lbt ] | Milton, John. Samson Agonistes.
Series: Handel, George Frideric, Works: Ser. 1, Bd. 18 Publisher: Kassel ; New York : Bärenreiter, 2011Description: 1 score (2 v. (xcvii, 526 p.)) : facsims. ; 33 cm.Contained works: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson. Libretto.Subject(s): Samson (Biblical judge) -- Drama | Oratorios -- ScoresDDC 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 | 00157801 | |
| Reference | MTU Cork School of Music Library Reference | CE/Handel (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 00157802 |
For solo voices, chorus (SATB), and orchestra.
Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Samson Agonistes and other poems by John Milton.
Includes preface in German with English translation and critical commentary in German.
v. 1. Preface ; Concordances ; Facsimiles including libretto ; Score of 1743 -- v. 2. Anhänge ; Kritischer Bericht.
English words, also printed as facsim. of 1743 libretto (p. lxxvi-lxxxv), and as text with the parallel Milton passages (p. xxxv-lxvii)