Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759)
Judas Macchabaeus an Oratorio.
London: I. Walsh. [ca. 1749]. First edition, 3rd issue. Folio. 13.5" x 9.5" inches (LxB). Pp. [iii], 72, (1) pages. Page 73 ["Marche"] misnumbered as 48, given as 73 in the table. List of works composed by Handel and printed for I. Walsh on p. [iii]. Handsomely bound in a fine modern 3/4 brown calf leather binding over marbled boards in antique style, gilt lettered spine with 2 raised bands. RISM A I, H 636. Smith p. 114.Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 and based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. First performed on 1st April 1747, Handel continued to revise the score until his death. Second only to the "Messiah", it remains Handel's most popular oratorio. (7155)
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