Esther, HWV 50b (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 parts (acts)
Composition Year 1732, with revisions in 1733-37, 1740, 1751, 1757
Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For 5 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language; For violin, piano, harmonium (arr); For 3 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the harmonium (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For harp, violin, harmonium (arr); Scores featuring the harp (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#18907 - 41.26MB, 203 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5473×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Language English / German
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 41
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1882. Plate H.W. 41.
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#153836 - 9.57MB, 153 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2638×⇩ - Massenetique

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 Complete Score
#39784 - 6.04MB, 144 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2275×⇩ - operalala

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operalala (2009/9/21)

Arranger Charles Lucas (1808-1869), piano reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d. Plate 6872.
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Selections

Aria: O beauteous Queen (Part II, No.23)

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#146322 - 0.37MB, 6 (#26-31) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 675×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/4)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume I: For High Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1082-6.
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Aria: Turn not, O Queen, thy face away (Part III, No.31)

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

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-1119-2.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Organ (Best)

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Keanur (2017/9/5)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.3 (pp.741-47)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Aria: Tune your harps (Part I, No.7)

For Violin, Piano or Harp and Harmonium (Hellmesberger Jr.)

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Arranger Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855-1907)
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d. Plate C. 46624.
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Misc. Notes From the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University
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General Information

Work Title Esther
Alternative. Title
Name Translations S Oratorium Esther vom Georg Friedrich Händel; Эстер; エステル オラトリオ; Esther (Händel); Εσθήρ
Name Aliases HWV 50; Haman and Mordecai
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 7880149844973002960007; GND: 300064500
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 50b
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 170
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 parts (acts):
  • Part I
1. Overture
2. Recitative: 'Tis nobler far (tenor, bass)
3. Aria: Pluck root and branch (bass)
4. Recitative: Our souls with ardour glow (tenor)
5. Chorus: Shall we the God of Israel fear? (Persians)
6. Recitative: Now persecution (tenor)
7. Aria: Tune your harps (tenor)
8. Chorus: Shall we of servitude complain
9. Aria: Praise the Lord (soprano)
10. Recitative: O God, who from the suckling's mouth (tenor)
11. Aria: Sing sons of praise (tenor)
12. Recitative: How have our sins (alto)
13. Recitative: Methings I hear (alto)
14. Chorus: Ye sons of Israel, mourn
15. Aria: O Jordan, sacred tide (alto)
  • Part II
16. Recitative: Why sits that sorrow? (soprano, tenor)
17. Aria: Dread not, righteous Queen (tenor)
18. Recitative: I go before the King (soprano)
19. Aria: Tears, assist me (soprano)
20. Chorus: Save us, O Lord
21. Recitative: Who dares intrude (tenor, soprano)
22. Duet: Who calls my parting soul (soprano, tenor)
23. Aria: O beauteous Queen (tenor)
24. Recitative: If I find favor (soprano)
25. Aria: How can I stay (tenor)
26. Recitative: With inward joy (2 tenors)
27. Chorus: Virtue, truth, and innocence
  • Part III
28. Invocation: Jehovah crowned (alto)
29. Chorus: He comes to end our woes
30. Recitative: Now, O Queen (soprano, tenor)
31. Recitative: Turn not, O Queen (bass)
32. Aria: Flattering tongue, no more I hear thee
33. Recitative: Guards, seize the traitor (tenor)
34. Aria: How art thou fall'n (bass)
35. Chorus with Soloists: The Lord our enemy has slain
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1732, with revisions in 1733-37, 1740, 1751, 1757
First Performance. 1732-05-02 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Esther: Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano)
Ahaseurus: Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
Harbonah & Mordecai: Francesca Bertolli (contralto)
Haman: Antonio Montagnana (bass)
Israelite Woman: Ann Turner Robinson (soprano)
First Israelite: Mrs. Davis (soprano)
Members of the Chapel Royal (chorus)
Librettist Alexander Pope (1688–1744) and John Arbuthnot (1667–1735)
after Jean Racine (1639–1699)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation vocal soloists (soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass), mixed chorus, orchestra
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