Judas Maccabaeus : HWV 63 : Soli SMsTB, Coro S(S)ATB, 2 Flauti dolci, 2 Flauti, 2 Oboi, 2 Fagotti, 2 Corni, 3 Trombe, Timpani, (Tamburo militare), 2 (3) Violini, Viola e Basso continuo (Violoncello, Contrabbasso, Cembalo/Organo) / George Frideric Handel ; herausgegeben von Felix Loy = edited by Felix Loy ; German text by Johann Joachim Eschenburg and Felix Loy.
An oratorio in three parts, for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Handel composed this work in 1746 on a libretto by Thomas Morell. The work was influenced by the Jacobite rebellion going on in Britain at the time. The work was premiered in 1747. "Urtext." Publisher's number: Carus 55.063 (on back cover: CV 55.063). Roreword in German and English.
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