Anthem for the Funeral of Queen Caroline HWV 264 韩德尔 颂歌 耶诞颂歌 骑熊士版

1737 年 11 月 20 日，英国国王乔治二世的妻子卡罗琳王后去世，亨德尔受命为她的葬礼谱写颂歌。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礼拜堂，葬礼结束后演奏了亨德尔的作品"

作曲家: Handel, George Frideric
校订者: Landgraf, Annette
出版社: Bärenreiter 骑熊士(小熊版)
难度: 3
原文简介:
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