Handel's oratorio, "Samson", (composed in the year 1742)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Handel's oratorio, "Samson", (composed in the year 1742)
Other titles: Samson; Samson
Classmark: Music E-2/HAN
Creator(s): Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Additional creator(s): Hamilton, Newburgh (1691-1761) (Other); Milton, John (1608-1674) (Other); Novello, Vincent (1781-1861) (Other)
Related people: Hamilton, Newburgh; Milton, John; Novello, Vincent
Publisher: Novello
Publication city: London
Date(s): [ca. 1865]
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 vocal score (iii, viii, 219 p.)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/438562
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009874369705181
Description
For solo voices, chorus (SSATTB) and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano.
Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, after Milton.
Words also printed as text (p. i-viii).
Additional description
Binder's label of J. Rowbotham. Ownership inscription and stamp of John Henry Chatterton (1875)
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