In this new publication in the Novello Handel Edition under the general editorship of Donald Burrows, Graydon Beeks has prepared the first modern performing edition to have examined all known sources of Handel’s ever popular so-called Chandos Anthem No. 9 HWV 254, written between 1717 and 1719 for his patron Earl of Carnarvon.
Both Te Deum and Jubilate Deo were first performed on St. Cecilia’s Day 1694 in St Bride’s Church, London. They were subsequently adopted for use on all the principal festal occasions, such as National Thanksgivings and provisional music meetings such as those of the Three Choirs. They retained their popularity until Handel’s Dettingen setting superseded […]
Hurd ‘Music’s Praise’ arranged for mixed voice choir SATB and strings.






