Solomon (1749 Haendel), oratorio
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Solomon (1749) is an oratorio by Georg Frideric Haendel (mus.). The anonymous libretto is based on the biblical stories of Solomon from the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles with additional material from Flavius Josephus.
Abstract
Editions, performances
Premiered in Covent Garden Theatre, London, England, 17 March 1749.
References
- Smither, 2 (1977) 318-324.
External links
Categories:
- 1749
- Fiction--1700s
- Fiction--English
- Music--1700s
- Oratorios
- English language--1700s
- Made in the 1740s
- Hebrew Bible Studies--1700s
- Hebrew Bible Studies--Fiction
- Hebrew Bible Studies--English
- Kings (subject)
- Solomon (subject)
- Solomon--literature (subject)
- Queen of Sheba--literature (subject)
- Zadok--literature (subject)
- Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (subject)