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The choice of Hercules : in score, composed in the year 1745

Title
The choice of Hercules : in score, composed in the year 1745 / by G.F. Handel.
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Publication
[London] : [Samuel Arnold], [1789]

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Additional Authors
  • Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802
  • Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784.
  • Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787.
  • Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
  • Drexel Collection
Description
1 score (80 p.); 35 cm.
Series Statement
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works. 1787 55-56.
Uniform Title
Choice of Hercules
Alternative Title
Choice of Hercules
Subjects
Note
  • Oratorio; full score.
  • Based on Robert Lowth's poem The judgement of Hercules as revised for J. Spence's Polymetis, 1747, adapted probably by Thomas Morell (Cf. Grove [Oxford Music Online]).
  • Nos 55-56 of Arnold's edition of the works of Handel.
With (note)
  • Bound with: Alcides : an English opera / composed by G.F. Handel.
Indexed In (note)
  • Smith, W.C. Handel, a descriptive catalogue of the early editions, 1970
  • RISM A/I
Call Number
Drexel 4905.1
OCLC
55639086
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Title
The choice of Hercules : in score, composed in the year 1745 / by G.F. Handel.
Imprint
[London] : [Samuel Arnold], [1789]
Series
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works. 1787 55-56.
With:
Bound with: Alcides : an English opera / composed by G.F. Handel.
Indexed In:
Smith, W.C. Handel, a descriptive catalogue of the early editions, 1970: The choice of Hercules, no. 7.
RISM A/I H 1517.
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Added Author
Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802, publisher.
Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Oratorio adaptation of (work): Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787. Judgement of Hercules.
Oratorio adaptation of (work): Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768. Polymetis.
Drexel Collection.
Publisher No.
No. 55-No. 56 Samuel Arnold
Research Call Number
Drexel 4905.1
Mus. Res. *MSI (Handel. Alcides)
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