George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born
British Baroque composer, famous for his operas,
oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born
in 1685, in a family indifferent to music. He received
critical musical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy
before settling in London (1712) and becoming a
naturalized British subject in 1727. By then he was
strongly influenced by the great composers of the
Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral
tradition.
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George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born
British Baroque composer, famous for his operas,
oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born
in 1685, in a family indifferent to music. He received
critical musical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy
before settling in London (1712) and becoming a
naturalized British subject in 1727. By then he was
strongly influenced by the great composers of the
Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral
tradition.
Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts
composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a
libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was
devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return
from the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). Other
catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work
as HG xxii; and HHA 1/24.
In 1884 the Swiss writer Edmond Louis Budry wrote new
French words to the same chorus, creating the Easter
hymn " À toi la gloire, O Ressuscité!", which was
later translated into English as "Thine Be the
Glory".
Although this work was originally written for Orchestra
and Chorus, Daniel Rouwkema created an arrangement for
accompanied chorus and I transcribed it for Flute, Oboe
and Concert (Pedal) Harp.
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