One of Handel's rare ventures into comedy, Xerxes parodies the conventions of opera seria. Love triangles, swaggering heroism, and all manner of operatic pretensions receive a playful tweaking in a subtle treatment that never descends into farce. This new edition of Handel's innovative work offers an authoritative, practical, and inexpensive resource. Reprint of the F. W. Chrysander, 1884 edition.
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Messiah in Full Score by George Frideric Handel Authoritative full-score edition of the oratorio that is the best known, most beloved, most performed large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world. Edited by Alfred Mann.
Giulio Cesare in Full Score by George Frideric Handel Great Baroque masterpiece reproduced directly from authoritative Deutsche Handelgesellschaft edition. Gorgeous melodies, inspired orchestration. Complete and unabridged.
