Song for St Cecilia´s Day HWV 76

Ode to St Cecilia

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Georg Friedrich Händel

Song for St Cecilia´s Day HWV 76

Ode to St Cecilia

Georg Friedrich Händel

Song for St Cecilia´s Day HWV 76

Ode to St Cecilia

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Description:

  • Language: German English
  • Pages: 126
  • Release: 01.06.2022
  • Dimensions: 243 x 310 mm
  • Weight: 512 g
  • Opus: HWV76
  • Genre: Classical Music, Classical Music (Baroque)
  • ISMN: 9790006567713
Following upon 'Alexander's Feast' (1736), in 1739 Handel produced a second setting of the 'Ode to St Cecilia' ('Song for St Cecilia's Day'). At its première it was combined with 'Alexander's Feast'. Rather than a dramatic plot presentable in the theatre, the Ode, in its seven sections, offers a general hymn of praise to music and its impact. Accordingly, it largely consists of emotion-laden arias and festive orchestration.

This edition, based on the Urtext from the 'Halle Handel Edition', offers the version heard at the first performance - the version preferred in today's concert life. The foreword (Ger/Eng) provides many detailed notes on performance practice with regard to orchestration.