Mozart Alexander’s Feast K. 591 -Cantata in two parts- (in the arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Free Shipping

Editor: Holschneider, Andreas

Arranger: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus / Ameln, Konrad / Wissemann, Antje

Orchestral scoring : SSolo/2TSolo/BSolo/Mixed choir:SSATTBB/2Fl/2Ob/2clarinet/2bassoon/2Hn/2Trp/timpani/Str/Bc

Language(s) of work: D

Language(s) of text: D

Product format: vocal score, Urtext edition

Binding: Paperback

Pages / Format: VIII, 125 – 27,0 x 19,0 cm

In 1736 Handel composed “Alexander’s Feast” or “The Power of Musick”, a two-part cantata based on John Dryden’s poem of the same name.
In 1790, at the suggestion of Baron Gottfried van Swieten, Mozart arranged this work using a German translation of the poem made by Karl Wilhelm Ramler in 1770. As in other arrangements of Handelian works, Mozart’s re-instrumentation leads to a change in the sound character of the work, placing the composition in the tradition of the Viennese Classic.

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