Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Composition Year 1736-01-17 (end date)
Genre Categories Secular oratorios; Oratorios; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; German language; For harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For voices and chorus with orchestra (arr); For mixed chorus, organ (arr); For chorus with keyboard (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Aria and Chorus: Happy happy happy pair (Act I, No.3)

For Mixed chorus and Organ (Schmid)

 Synthesized Performance
#225992 - 0.01MB - 1:56 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/22 - 365×⇩ - MID - wrshannon

MID file (audio/video)
wrshannon (2012/5/29)

Publisher Info. André Van Ryckeghem
Performers André Van Ryckeghem
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This is an arrangement of "Happy happy happy pair", where Schmid altered the words to make it a sacred chorus, re-naming it "Lobet Gott mit Jubelschall"
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Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries (Act II, No.24)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

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#445957 - 2.09MB - 2:17 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 164×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

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Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
Copyright
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Segment 1
#197692 - 24.28MB, 103 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1862×⇩ - JP3

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⇒ 4 more: Segment 2 • Segment 3 • Segment 4 • Segment 5

 Segment 2
#197693 - 21.63MB, 100 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 455×⇩ - JP3

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 Segment 3
#197694 - 23.24MB, 100 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 412×⇩ - JP3

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 Segment 4
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 Segment 5
#197696 - 20.37MB, 87 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 536×⇩ - JP3

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Language Italian
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1768).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes RISM-A/II-000124444 This manuscript is a single volume.
It has been divided into 5 segments in order to reduce file size.
This item forms part of the
Ricasoli Collection at the University of Louisville Music Library.
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 Complete Score
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.[1736?].
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The publication also contains the cantata Cecilia, volgi uno sguardo, HWV 89
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 Complete Score
#18765 - 37.67MB, 190 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5957×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/13)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 12
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1861. Plate H.W. 12.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#720314 - 25.20MB, 157 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/61*/V - 897×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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Editor Konrad Ameln (1899-1994)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter, n.d.
URTEXT EDITION 
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Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2618.
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Misc. Notes Full Score is 10x13 scan.
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Overture

 Complete Score
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Copyist Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1744-55).
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
RISM 212001041
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Parts

Complete

 Flute 1, 2 (EU)
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⇒ 10 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2 (D) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violins III • Violas • Continuo (Cellos/Basses)

 Oboe 1, 2 (EU)
#720316 - 1.88MB, 39 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/61*/V* - 213×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Bassoon 1/2 (EU)
#720317 - 1.05MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/61*/V* - 138×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Horn 1, 2 (F) (EU)
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 Trumpet 1, 2 (D) (EU)
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 Timpani (EU)
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 Violins I (EU)
#720321 - 1.48MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/61*/V* - 280×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Violins II (EU)
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 Violins III (EU)
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 Violas (EU)
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 Continuo (Cellos/Basses) (EU)
#720325 - 1.71MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/61*/V* - 259×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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Editor Konrad Ameln (1899-1994)
Publisher. Info. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2618.
Copyright
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 Harpsichord
#767814 - 22.73MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Copyist John Christopher Smith Sr. (1683-1763)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.[1736].
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Misc. Notes Part probably used at the first performance in 1736. Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 900
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Overture

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1744-55).
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll. ; RISM 212001042
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See: Overtures (first edition)

Vocal Scores

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 Complete Score
#348759 - 29.54MB, 95 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 434×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Arranger John Clarke-Whitfeld, keyboard reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Clementi, Collard & Collard, n.d.(1822-30).
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 Complete Score
#39720 - 5.00MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3918×⇩ - operalala

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 Complete Score
#333383 - 8.31MB, 108 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 982×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/9)

Arranger Vincent Novello (1781–1861), piano reduction
Language English
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 6203.
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 Complete Score
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Bassani (2011/9/21)

Language German / English
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff, n.d. Plate 1707.
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Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries (Act II, No.24)

 Complete Score
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Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1133-8.
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 Complete Score
#551288 - 1.03MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2018/11/30)

Arranger William Horsley (1774-1858)
Publisher. Info. London: J. B. Cramer, Addison & Beale, n.d. Plate 814.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Voices, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Mozart)

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Arranger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Language German
Translator Karl Wilhelm Ramler
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d. Plate 1049.
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Selections

For Voices, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Fricke)

 Complete score 'Festkantate'
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Arranger Richard Fricke (1877-1957), also German text
Language German
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Vieweg, n.d.[1930]. Plate V.1858.
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Misc. Notes text and arrangement by editor.
You left out the plate. (from Swiss Library info on these score & parts, since Russian library always cuts out the plate, you have to get that info yourself and are not done until you do.
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Overture

For Harpsichord or Organ (Anonymous)

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Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2011
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
No. 38 in Handel’s Sixty Overtures from all his Operas and Oratorios Set for the Harpsichord or Organ
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Aria and Chorus: Happy happy happy pair (Act I, No.3)

For Mixed chorus and Organ (Schmid)

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 Engraving files (PMX)
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Arranger Walter Schmid (1875-1951)
Editor André Van Ryckeghem
Publisher. Info. André Van Ryckeghem
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Misc. Notes This is an arrangement of "Happy happy happy pair", where Schmid altered the words to make it a sacred chorus, re-naming it "Lobet Gott mit Jubelschall"
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Aria: Softly sweet in Lydian measure (Act I, No.17)

For Cello and Piano (Roth)

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Arranger Philipp Roth (1853–1898)
Publisher. Info. 30 Arien und Gesangsscenen aus Opern und Oratorien No.8
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate V.A. 1562.
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Chorus: The many rend the skies (Act I, No.20)

For Organ (Best)

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Arranger William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.514-519)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries (Act II, No.24)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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Librettos

 Complete Libretto
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Publisher. Info. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1736.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Alexander's Feast preceded by the libretto to Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89. Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): P222/1
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General Information

Work Title Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Das Alexanderfest; Alexander's Feast; Alexander’s Feast; 亞力山大的盛宴; 亞歷山大的盛宴; 亚历山大的盛宴; O festim de Alexandre; アレクサンダーの饗宴; Aleksanterinjuhla; Гозбата на Александар
Name Aliases Alexanderfest; Timotheus oder die Gewalt der Musik; Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick En l'honneur de Ste-Cécile; O poder da música; Musiikin mahti; Musiikin voima; Power of Music; Alexander's Feast (Handel)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: n82216218
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 75
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 43
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts (32 numbers):
  • Act I
1. Overture
2. Recitative: 'Twas at the royal feast
3. Aria and Chorus: Happy, happy, happy pair
4. Recitative: Timotheus plac'd on high
5. Recitative: The song began from Jove
6. Chorus: The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound
7. Aria: With ravish'd ears
8. Recitative: The praise of Bacchus
9. Aria: Bacchus ever fair and young
10. Chorus: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure
11. Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound
12. Recitative: He chose a mournful muse
13. Aria: He sung Darius, great and good
14. Recitative: With downcast looks
15. Chorus: Behold Darius, great and good
16. Recitative: The mighty Master smiled to see
17. Aria: Softly sweet in Lydian measure
18. Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble
19. Aria: The prince unable
20. Chorus: The many rend the skies
  • Act II
21. Recitative: Now strive the golden lyre again
22. Chorus: Break his bands of sleep asunder
23. Recitative: Hark, hark! the horrid sound
24. Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries
25. Aria: Behold the ghastly band
26. Recitative: Give the vengeance due
27. Air and Chorus: The princes applaud with a furious joy
28. Air and Chorus: Thais led the way
29. Recitative: Thus long ago
30. Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came
31. Recitative and Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize
32. Chorus: Your voices tune
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1736-01-17 (end date)
First Performance. 1736-02-19 in London: Covent Garden
First Publication. 1736 ca.
Librettist John Dryden (1631-1700), 1697, arranged by Hamilton, with additional texts by Hamilton.
Language English (+ German translation by Ramler)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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