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Handel Operas and Oratorien vocal scores

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:23 pm
by g742T
Hello!!!!

I'm looking for the vocal scores of most of the operas and oratorien by Handel.

Thanks!!

Re: Handel Operas and Oratorien vocal scores

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:46 pm
by pocoallegro
I happen to know from personal experience that there are few if any vocal scores of Handel's operas in public domain. Recent vocal scores by Baerenreiter are certainly not in public domain. The oratorios I'm not sure about...

Re: Handel Operas and Oratorien vocal scores

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:29 am
by Carolus
Actually, Rieter-Biedermann and Peters issued a number of vocal scores (usually in German), which were derived from the Chrysander edition. Not easy to find, though.

Re: Handel Operas and Oratorien vocal scores

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:44 pm
by Lyle Neff
Carolus wrote:Actually, Rieter-Biedermann and Peters issued a number of vocal scores (usually in German), which were derived from the Chrysander edition. Not easy to find, though.
If I'm not mistaken, many (or most?) of the oratorios in the Chrysander edition were printed with a piano arrangement underneath the orchestral score.

Re: Handel Operas and Oratorien vocal scores

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:42 am
by Carolus
That's true. Certainly for the earlier volumes, anyway.