Händel, Georg Friedrich
Messiah HWV 56
Product information
Edition number: BA04012-90
ISMN: 9790006442898
Composer / Author: Händel, Georg Friedrich
Title: Messiah HWV 56
Scoring: Soloists, Mixed choir, Orchestra
Instrumentation in detail: Soprano solo, 1. Alto solo, 2. Alto solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SSATB), 1. Oboe, 2. Oboe, 1. Bassoon, 2. Bassoon, 1. Trumpet, 2. Trumpet, 1. Violin, 2. Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Violone, Harpsichord
Volume / Series: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Tobin, John
Translator / Others: Ameln, Konrad
Librettist: Jennens, Charles
Arranger: Schneider, Max / Köhs, Andreas
Product format: Vocal Score, Urtext edition
Duration (approx.): 03:00:00
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Binding: Paperback
Print run: 2nd printing 2024
Pages / Format: V, 345 S. - 27,0 x 19,0 cm
Weight: 943 g
Languages of the work: German, English
Languages of the text: English, German
Description
Messiah occupies a unique position in Handels work. Its strongly universal character and directness of expression, which appeal to men of all creeds, make it the most renowned work in the whole of the composers monumental output.
Passion, cantata, opera, instrumental music that is, all the important musical genres of the time these formed the basis of Handels new art-form, which developed with ever increasing impetus from the end of 1738 onwards and found a particularly complex realization in Messiah.
It is often been said that Handel composed Messiah for his visit in Ireland, wither he had been onvited by the Lord Lieutenant, William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, to perform his music for the benefit of charity. The first performance took place on 13 April 1742 in Neales Music Hall, Dublin. After Handels return from Ireland Messiah received fifty-six performances in England during his lifetime.
What makes the revised vocal score so special?
- The vocal score has been newly engraved with a generous layout.
- The pagination has been adopted from the previous edition. This means that you can rehearse and perform this work with some singers using this new edition and some the old Bärenreiter edition.
- This new vocal score includes a revised piano reduction: The old Schneider piano reduction has been maintained, but corrected and uncluttered; on the whole the new piano reduction is easier to read and to play.
- The vocal score is fully compatible with all existing performance material (BA04012).
- The text appears in a slightly larger type size.
- Apart from corrections the musical text remains unchanged.
Content
Erster Teil
1. Sinfonia
2. Accompagnato
3. Arie
4. Chor
5. Accompagnato
6. Arie
7. Chor
Rezitativ
8. Arie und Chor
9. Accompagnato
10. Arie
11. Chor
Rezitativ
13. Accompagnato
Rezitativ
14. Accompagnato
15. Chor
16. Arie
Rezitativ
17. Duett
18. Chor
Zweiter Teil
19. Chor
20. Arie
21. Chor
22. Chor
23. Chor
24. Accompagnato
25. Chor
26. Accompagnato
27. Arioso
28. Accompagnato
29. Arie
30. Chor
Rezitativ
31. Chor
32. Arie
33. Chor
34. Duett und Chor
35. Arioso
34a. Arie35a. Chor
36. Arie
37. Chor
Rezitativ
38. Arie
39. Chor
Dritter Teil
40. Arie
41. Chor
42. Accompagnato
43. Arie
Rezitativ
44. Duett
45. Chor
46. Arie
47. Chor
Anhang
6a. Arie
Rezitativ
13a. Arioso
16a. Arie
Rezitativ
17a. Arie
32a. Arie
32b. Arie
34b. Arie
Rezitativ
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
BA04012-02 Score. Paperback. Soprano solo, Alto solo (2), Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SSATB), Orchestra. Urtext edition
BA04012-65 Wind set. Oboe (2), Bassoon, Trumpet (2), Timpani. Urtext edition
BA04012-68 Part. Harpsichord, Organ, Basso continuo. Urtext edition
BA04012-73 Vocal Score. Urtext edition
BA04012-74 Part. 1. Violin. Urtext edition
BA04012-75 Part. 2. Violin. Urtext edition
BA04012-79 Part. Viola. Urtext edition
BA04012-82 Part. Violoncello, Double bass, Basso continuo. Urtext edition
BA04012 Complete edition, Score, Urtext edition. Clothbound Linen
TP00175 Study score. Urtext edition
