TITLE: TE DEUM IN B-FLAT MAJOR HWV 281 CANNONS
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: HÄNDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH

INSTRUMENTATION OF THE WORK: CHOIR, ORCHESTRA
DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: MIXED CHOIR (STTTB), RECORDER, OBOE, TRUMPET, VIOLIN (2), BASSES (VIOLONCELLO, DOUBLE BASS, ORGAN)
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
ARRANGER: KÖHS, ANDREAS
EDITOR: BEEKS, GRAYDON
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: BEEKS, GRAYDON
PRODUCT FORMAT: VOCAL SCORE, URTEXT EDITION
LANGUAGE(S) OF WORK: ENGLISH
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: ENGLISH, GERMAN
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK
PRINT RUN: 1ST PRINTING 2018

DESCRIPTION:
-HANDEL COMPOSED THE “TE DEUM” IN B-FLAT MAJOR HWV 281 IN 1718 FOR THE FUTURE DUKE OF CHANDOS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME “CHANDOS TE DEUM”. HERE IT IS CALLED “TE DEUM FOR CANNONS” AFTER THE DUKE’S STATELY HOME NAMED CANNONS WHERE THE FIRST PERFORMANCE TOOK PLACE. THE UNUSUAL SCORING FOR FLUTE, OBOE, BASSOON, TRUMPET, TWO VIOLINS AND BASSO CONTINUO PLUS A CHOIR (ONE SOPRANO, THREE TENORS AND A BASS) PROBABLY REFLECTS THE MUSICIANS WHICH WERE AVAILABLE AT CANNONS, BEARING IN MIND THAT THREE TENORS WERE USED ALSO IN “ACIS AND GALATEA”, THE MASQUE WHICH WAS COMPOSED AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME. THOUGH IN MANY RESPECTS THIS “TE DEUM” IS REMINISCENT OF THE “UTRECHT TE DEUM”, ITS SMALLER FORCES TEND TO GIVE IT MORE THE CHARACTER OF CHAMBER MUSIC. THIS EDITION IS BASED ON THE URTEXT FROM THE “HALLE HANDEL EDITION” (BA 10708), WHICH OFFERS THE FIRST COMPLETE SCHOLARLY TEXT OF THE MUSIC FOR THE “TE DEUM”.

CONTENT:
· PREFACE
· VORWORT
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: HÄNDEL, GEORG FRIEDRICH
TE DEUM B-FLAT MAJOR HWV 281 (CANNONS):
INSTRUMENTATION: MIXED CHOIR (STTTB), RECORDER, OBOE, TRUMPET, VIOLIN (2), BASSES
(VIOLONCELLO, DOUBLE BASS, ORGAN)

· 1. SOLI AND CHORUS: WE PRAISE THEE, O GOD
· 2. SOLI AND CHORUS: THE GLORIOUS COMPANY
· 3. CHORUS: THOU ART THE KING OF GLORY
· 4. SOLO: WHEN THOU TOOKEST
· 5. SOLI AND CHORUS: WHEN THOU HADST OVERCOME
· 6. SOLI AND CHORUS: THOU SITTEST AT THE RIGHT HAND
· 7. SOLI AND CHORUS: WE BELIEVE THAT THOU SHALT COME
· 8. CHORUS: DAY BY DAY
· 9. SOLO AND CHORUS: VOUCHSAFE, O LORD
· 10. CHORUS: O LORD, IN THEE HAVE I TRUSTED