Susanna, a Sacred Oratorio Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Susanna, a Sacred Oratorio

Creator

  • Composer: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Compiler: Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Samuel Arnold
    Place of Publication: London, England
    Additional Info: [Printed ca. 1795.]

Date

  • Creation: 1748

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This is the score of Handel's "Susanna," a sacred oratorio in three parts published by Samuel Arnold in ca. 1795. Grove Music established 1748 as the composition year of this oratorio and not 1743, as stated on the t.p. The first performance was given on February 10, 1749. The performance forces include: soloist (SATB), mixed chorus (SATB), strings (violins, viola, violoncellos, contra basses), woodwinds (oboe (2) and bassoon), trumpets (2), and continuo. . Although composed by Handel in 1743 and published by A table of contents appears on p.205 listing the first lines of texts of arias and recitatives for each of the parts and an appended air.
  • Physical Description: 1 score (205 p.) ; 35 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Oratorios -- Scores.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Collection

  • Name: Rare Book and Texana Collections
    Code: UNTRB

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UNTA

Resource Type

  • Musical Score/Notation

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • OCLC: 355813786
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1373206
  • Call Number: M2000 H22 S7
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc25967

Note

  • Display Note: Then full title as it appears on the t.p.: Susanna, a Sacred Oratorio in Score, Composed in the Year 1743, by G.F. Handel. Plate nos. 131-135.
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Omniscan creationAppVersion: 11 creationHardware: Zeutschel OS 10000
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