Composition Year | 1718? |
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Genre Categories | Masques; Theatrical Works; Sacred oratorios; |
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Work Title | Esther |
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Alternative. Title | The Oratorium |
Composer | Handel, George Frideric |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | HWV 50a |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGH 169 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1718? |
First Performance. | 1718? - Little Stanmore, Middlesex: Cannons (house) |
Librettist | John Arbuthnot (1667−1735) (?) and Alexander Pope (1688−1744) (?)
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Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Baroque |
Piece Style | Baroque |
Instrumentation | voices, chorus, orchestra |
InstrDetail | |
External Links | Wikipedia article Libretto (Stanford) |
The piece is a Masque.