Georg Friedrich Händel: Alexander's Feast K.591: Mixed Choir: Score

Cantata in two parts-In 1736 Handel composed Alexander s Feast or The Power of Musick a two-part cantata based on John Dryden s poem of the same name.In 1790 at the suggestion of Baron Gottfried van Swieten Mozart arranged this work using a German translation of the poem made by Karl Wilhelm Ramler in 1770. As in other arrangements of Handelian works Mozart s re-instrumentation leads to a change in the sound character of the work placing the composition in the tradition of the Viennese Classic.Urtext of the New Mozart EditionFull score (BA4527-01) vocal score (BA4527-90) available for salePerformance material available for hire (BA4527-72)