How beautiful are the feet / Blessed are they that considereth the poor, HWV 266 (267), 268 Anthem on the Peace / Foundling Hospital Anthem by George Frideric Handel Mixed Choir - Sheet Music

SKU: BA.BA10733-01

ISBN 9790006579402. 12.99 x 10.24 inches. Text Language: English. Preface: Stephan Blaut.

Volume 14 of Series III (Church Music) of the Halle Handel Edition contains two anthems composed by Handel in 1749, representing his last contributions to the English anthem genre. He performed the Peace Anthem "How beautiful are the feet", HWV 266 for the first time on 25 April in a thanksgiving service held in London at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, as part of the celebrations marking the Peace of Aachen. A month later, on 27 May, Handel held his first benefit concert in the still unfinished chapel of the Foundling Hospital, founded in London in 1739, with the proceeds from ticket sales going towards the completion of the church. The first part of the concert featured "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (first performed on 27 April), composed only a few weeks earlier, as well as the Peace Anthem. The second part of the concert contained arias and choruses from his oratorio "Solomon", which premiered at Covent Garden Theatre in March 1749, and concluded with the Foundling Hospital Anthem "Blessed are they that considereth the poor", HWV 268, created especially for the benefit concert. The event promoted the reputation of the orphanage and was a great financial success. Handel remained associated with the hospital, donated an organ to the chapel and performed the "Messiah" there annually from 1750 onwards; the proceeds always went to the orphanage.

After Handel's death, the two anthems were largely forgotten. Even in the mid-20th century, Otto Erich Deutsch believed that the Peace Anthem was Handel's Dettingen Anthem with a new text, and the autograph sheets of "How beautiful are the feet" (Peace Anthem No. 1 and No. F1) were attributed to the "Messiah" oratorio. It was not until the 1970s that, HWV 266 could be reconstructed, mainly with the help of the programme printed for the concert on 27 May 1749. Nevertheless, a complete score of the Peace Anthem has remained elusive until now.

The Foundling Hospital Anthem was performed once again at the official opening of the orphanage chapel in April 1753. This second version, with the addition of two arias and a duet, is considerably more extensive than the first version of 1749, which, as a purely choral work, is powerful and compact. HHA Volume III/14 offers both versions in complete and separate scores.

Contents:

Zur Edition
Vorwort
Editorial Policy
Preface
Faksimiles
Text des Peace Anthems, HWV 266 (267), mit deutscher Übersetzung
Text aus dem Anhang, HWV 266 (267) mit deutscher Übersetzung
Text des Foundling Hospital Anthems, HWV 268, Fassung 1749, mit deutscher Übersetzung
Text des Foundling Hospital Anthems, HWV 268, Fassung 1753, mit deutscher Übersetzung
How beautiful are the feet, HWV 266 (267)
Scoring
Duet and Chorus How beautiful are the feet (Alto I, II solo and Chorus)
Chorus Glory and worship are before him
Solo and Chorus The Lord hath given strength unto his people (Canto solo and Chorus)
Chorus Blessing and glory, pow'r and honour
Appendix, HWV 266 (267)
F1. Solo and Chorus How beautiful are the feet (Canto solo and Chorus)
3a. Solo and Chorus The Lord hath given strength unto his people (Canto solo and Chorus)
Blessed are they that considereth the poor
Foundling Hospital Anthem, HWV 268
Scoring
Chorus Blessed are they that considereth the poor
Chorus The charitable shall be had
Chorus Comfort them, O Lord, when they are sick
Chorus Hallelujah
Blessed are they that considereth the poor, HWV 268
Scoring
1753/I. Air Blessed are they that considereth the poor (Tenor solo)
1a. Chorus Blessed are they that considereth the poor
1753/II. Air O God who from the suckling's mouth (Alto solo)
2a. Solo and Chorus The charitable shall be had (Canto I, II, Alto, Tenor solo and Chorus)
Chorus Comfort them, O Lord, when they are sick
1753/III. Duet The people will tell of their wisdom (Canto I, II solo)
Chorus Hallelujah
Kritischer Bericht
Abkürzungen
RISM-Bibliothekssigel
Peace Anthem, HWV 266 (267)
Übersicht zu den Quellen
Libretto
Musikalische Quellen
2.1. Autograph des Peace Anthems, HWV 266 (267)
2.2. Autographe anderer Werke
2.3. Direktionspartituren von As pants the hart, HWV 251c, Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, sowie Messiah, HWV 56
2.4. Full Scoreabschriften von Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
2.5. Stimmensatz and Full Score von Messiah, HWV 56
Ausgabe
Stemma
Einzelnachweise
Foundling Hospital Anthem, HWV 268
Übersicht zu den Quellen
Libretti
Musikalische Quellen
2.1. Autographe
2.2. Direktionspartitur des Foundling Hospital Anthems, HWV 268
2.3. Full Scoreabschriften
2.4. Stimmen
2.5. Einzelne Stücke
Peripheres Manuskript, Ausgaben
Stemma
Einzelnachweise

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