• Israel in Egypt : an oratorio : manuscript, [ca. 1760] / set to musick by Mr. George Frederick Handel, anno 1738

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  • English
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  • C0640 (no. 13)
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 1 score (276 p.) : paper ; 37 cm.
Subject:
  • Oratorios—Scores
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759—Manuscripts
  • Composers—England—18th century—Manuscripts
  • Music—England—18th century—Manuscripts
  • Manuscripts—England—18th century
  • Morocco bindings (Binding)
Title sort:
  • Israel in Egypt : an oratorio : manuscript, [ca. 1760] / set to musick by Mr. George Frederick Handel, anno 1738.
Provenance:
  • Bookplate of Jacobi S. Hall.
Former owner:
  • Hall, James S.
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Created:
  • 1760-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • [ca. 1760] /
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/tb09j574c
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  • HSVM C0640 (no. 13)
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 C0640 (no. 13)
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
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  • No Known Copyright
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  • Israel in Egypt [full score]
  • [Part 1]
  • "Now there arose a new king"
  • "And the children of Israel sighed"
  • "Then sent he Moses his servant"
  • "They loathed to drink of the river"
  • "Their land brought forth frogs"
  • "He spake the word"
  • "He gave them hailstones for rain"
  • "He sent a thick darkness over all the land"
  • "He smote all the firstborn of Egypt"
  • "But as for his people"
  • "Egypt was glad when they departed"
  • "He rebuked the Red Sea"
  • "He led them through the deep"
  • "And Israel saw the great work"
  • Part 2, Moses' Song
  • "Moses and the children of Israel"
  • "I will sing until the Lord*quot;
  • "The Lord is my strength and my song"
  • "He is my God"
  • "And I will exalt Him"
  • "The Lord is a man of war"
  • "The depths have covered them"
  • "Thy right hand O Lord is become glorious"
  • "And in the greatness of Thine excellency"
  • "And with the blast of Thy nostrils"
  • "The enemy said"
  • "Thou didst blow with the wind"
  • "Who is like unto Thee"
  • "Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth Thy people"
  • "The people shall hear"
  • "Thou shalt bring them in"
  • "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"
  • "For the horse of Pharaoh"
  • "And Miriam the prophetess"
  • "Sing ye to the Lord"
  • Israel in Egypt [trombone parts]
  • [Part 1]
  • "He spake the word"
  • "He gave them hailstones for rain"
  • "He smote all the firstborn of Egypt"
  • "Egypt was glad when they departed"
  • Part 3 [i.e. 2]
  • "Moses and the childern of Israel"
  • "I will sing unto the Lord"
  • "He is my God"
  • "Thy right hand O Lord is become glorious"
  • "Thou sentest forth thy wrath"
  • "The earth swallowed them"
  • "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"
  • "The Lord shall reign for ever and ever"
  • "Sing ye to the Lord
Type:
  • Manuscripts
  • Morocco bindings (Binding)
  • Scores
Spatial:
  • England
Relation:
  • James S. Hall collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1760
Text language:
  • English words.
Binding note:
  • White morocco binding; calf spine.
Abstract:
  • Full score in manuscript of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt, written in at least 2 different scribal hands. Probably in the hand of Copyist S6 (Larsen) for the first 37 p. and in the hand of Copyist S10 (Larsen) for the remainder. Together with an 18th-century copy of the original trombone parts for "Israel in Egypt" (p. 261-276) laid in at back.