Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 movements
Composition Year 1739 (15-24 September)
Genre Categories Odes; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; [13 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language; For 2 trumpets, timpani, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); Scores featuring the timpani (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 4 players (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 23
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1865. Plate H.W. 23.
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⇒ 11 more: Aria: From Harmony • Chorus: From Harmony • Aria: What passion • Aria and Chorus: The Trumpet's loud • March • Aria: The soft complaining • Aria: Sharp Violins proclaim • Aria: But oh! What art can teach • Aria: Orpheus could lead • Recitative: But bright Cecilia • Chorus: As from the pow'r

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.[1739?].
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Misc. Notes Published as "The Songs in the Ode wrote by Mr Dryden for St Cecilia's Day, set by Mr Handel"
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Editor Karl Schleifer (1906–?)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1953. Plate E.P. 11697.
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 The Soft Complaining Flute
#347683 - 0.09MB, 6 pp. -  8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - !N/!N/!N - 1519×⇩ - Yuval

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 Flute
#270280 - 0.03MB, 2 pp. -  5.3333333333333/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 1971×⇩ - Moisés Cantos

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⇒ 10 more: Oboe 1 • Oboe 2 • Bassoon • Trumpet 1/2 (D) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses/Continuo

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Editor Karl Schleifer (1906–?)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1953. Plate E.P. 11697.
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Language English
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, n.d. Plate 6202.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

March (No.6)

For 2 Trumpets, Timpani and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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As From the Power (No.12)

For Organ (Nixon)
Arranger Henry George Nixon (1796–1849)
Publisher. Info. London: Monro & May, n.d.(ca.1823-42).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D2477/32
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General Information

Work Title Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day; Oda za praznik svete Cecilije; Ode per il giorno di Santa Cecilia; 聖セシリアの日のための頌歌
Name Aliases Cäcilienode; K. 592; Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 182230890; LCCN: n88611383; GND: 300064578; BNF: 13913104q
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 76
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 357
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 movements:
1. Overture
2. Recitative (tenor): From Harmony; When Nature
3. Chorus: From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony
4. Aria: What Passion cannot Music Raise and Quell
5. Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The Trumpet's Loud Clangour
6. March
7. Aria (soprano): The Soft Complaining Flute
8. Aria (tenor): Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs
9. Aria (soprano): But Oh! What Art can Teach
10. Aria (soprano): Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race
11. Recitative (soprano): But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher
12. Solo (soprano) and Chorus: As from the Power of Sacred Lays
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1739 (15-24 September)
First Performance. 1739-11-22 in London, Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields
Librettist Based on a new setting of an earlier poem ("A Song for St. Cecilia's Day") by John Dryden (1631-1700); for St. Cecilia's Day 1687 (22 November).
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation soprano, tenor; mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 trumpets, timpani, lute, strings, continuo
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