George Frideric Handel :: Esther, HWV 50a [1st version]


 

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Handel, George Frideric
1685-1759
(b Halle, 23 Feb 1685; d London, 14 April 1759). German; naturalized English from 1726
Esther, HWV 50a [1st version] <1718–1732>
solos SSATTTTB chorus SATTBB
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Ed. Howard Serwer.
Source of text: Ultimately from Jean Racine’s Ester, in the English translation of Thomas Brereton. Not clear who may have prepared the English libretto from this source; it has been attributed variously and in combination to Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot, and John Gay. Language: English