Judas Maccabaeus (Handel)

Judas Maccabaeus
Oratorio by George Frideric Handel
Handel portrayed by Balthasar Denner, 1729
CatalogueHWV 63
Year1746 (1746)
Textby Thomas Morell
LanguageEnglish
Based on1 Maccabees
Performed1 April 1747 (1747-04-01): London Royal Opera House
Movements68

Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return from the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxii; and HHA 1/24.

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