Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759). Alexander Balus. An Oratorio. . London: I. Walsh. [1748]. Upright folio. Title; Table of songs & Advertisement; Dedication; 1-94 pp. Engraved. A very fine copy, bound in three-quarter red leather with marbled boards. Title-page spotted, a few marginal tears well-repaired, else fine. With the bookplate of Gilbert Samuel Inglefield, former Lord Mayor of London. HWV 65; Hirsch IV. 754; Smith no. 2, p. 89.
Fourth in the series of oratorios celebrating the victories of the Royal family over the Jacobite uprisings, Alexander Balus is composed to a libretto by Thomas Morell after the biblical book of 1 Maccabees. It was composed in the summer of 1747 and first performed on March 23, 1748.
Fourth in the series of oratorios celebrating the victories of the Royal family over the Jacobite uprisings, Alexander Balus is composed to a libretto by Thomas Morell after the biblical book of 1 Maccabees. It was composed in the summer of 1747 and first performed on March 23, 1748.
Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759). Alexander Balus. An Oratorio. . London: I. Walsh. [1748]. Upright folio. Title; Table of songs & Advertisement; Dedication; 1-94 pp. Engraved. A very fine copy, bound in three-quarter red leather with marbled boards. Title-page spotted, a few marginal tears well-repaired, else fine. With the bookplate of Gilbert Samuel Inglefield, former Lord Mayor of London. HWV 65; Hirsch IV. 754; Smith no. 2, p. 89.
Fourth in the series of oratorios celebrating the victories of the Royal family over the Jacobite uprisings, Alexander Balus is composed to a libretto by Thomas Morell after the biblical book of 1 Maccabees. It was composed in the summer of 1747 and first performed on March 23, 1748.
Fourth in the series of oratorios celebrating the victories of the Royal family over the Jacobite uprisings, Alexander Balus is composed to a libretto by Thomas Morell after the biblical book of 1 Maccabees. It was composed in the summer of 1747 and first performed on March 23, 1748.