Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) & Utrecht Jubilate (HWV 279) (Full Score, hardback)

Handel Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) & Utrecht Jubilate (HWV 279) (Full Score, hardback)

The Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate, a two-part choral composition, was first performed on 7th July 1713 at the thanksgiving service in St Paul's Cathedral, London, for the Treaty of Utrecht which concluded the War of Spanish Succession.  Majestic fireworks were displayed along the Thames and the "Te Deum" is firework of Baroque sound - it ranges through F sharp minor, A minor, F major, D minor, C major and G minor as well as the expected ceremonial D major.
 
Full score, vocal score & performance material for the Utrecht Te Deum is available for sale (BA4246).

Halle Handel Edition, Series III Volume 3
Edited by the George Frideric Handel Society

The Halle Handel Edition is a complete critical edition which serves the needs of scholars and performers by drawing on all available sources and the latest musicological findings. Within each volume the works appear, wherever possible, in chronological order; the numbering of the works follows the Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (HWV).

In addition to the finished compositions, the edition also includes alternative versions, discarded sections, drafts, fragments, and, since 1991, the volumes in Series I and II include the printed libretto of the first performance in facsimile.

The editions of vocal works contain German and, if necessary, English text translation. Instructive examples of the source material (in facsimile) and a critical report (Ger/Eng) are included in the volumes.

Contents:
Zur Edition
Vorwort
4 Faksimiles
Te Deum, HWV 278
Jubilate HWV279
Anhang: Duett aus "Jubilate" HWV 278, autographer Schluss einer zweiten Fassung
Critical Report
Die Texte mit deutscher Übersetzungontents