Anthem for the Funeral of Queen Caroline HWV 264 韓德爾 頌歌 耶誕頌歌 騎熊士版

1737 年 11 月 20 日，英國國王喬治二世的妻子卡洛琳王后去世，亨德爾受命為她的葬禮譜寫頌歌。1737 年 12 月 17 日晚，她被安葬在威斯敏斯特大教堂的亨利七世禮拜堂，葬禮結束後演奏了亨德爾的作品"

作曲家: Handel, George Frideric
改編者: Focke, Martin
校訂者: Landgraf, Annette
出版社: Bärenreiter 騎熊士(小熊版)
難度: 3
原文簡介:
When Queen Caroline, the wife of King George II of England , died on 20 November 1737, Handel was commissioned to write an anthem for her funeral service. She was buried in King Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on the evening of 17 December 1737, with Handel’s work performed after the funeral service.

To emphasize the solemnity of the occasion he used a roughly 100-piece orchestra and 80 choristers. The piece is a so-called “full anthem” consisting of an instrumental Introduction (“Symphony”) and thirteen interlinked choruses. The words were written by Edward Willes , the Sub-Dean of Westminster at that time, using passages from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer, albeit sometimes departing from the original wording.

The absence of sections for solo voice has made this anthem a favourite among ambitious choruses and a highlight of any concert programme. Our edition contains the original unabridged version with English text. Martin Focke’s piano reduction follows the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition.

- Original unabridged version

- Urtext from the Halle Handel Edition

- Straightforward, easy-to-play piano reduction