placed in the context of Vespers for the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with chant choir, and edited by Graham Dixon ; historical and documentary introduction by Watkins Shaw ; preface and liturgical introduction by Graham Dixon ; vocal score
Works of G.F. Handel placed in their probable original context as part of Vespers for the feast of the Madonna del Carmine, Rome, July 16, 1707; does not include Handel's Psalm settings, Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, and Nisi Dominus, also associated with this vespers and published separately.
"For use in conjunction with Novello Handel edition of Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, and Nisi Dominus."
Latin words.
Cover title: Three antiphons and a motet for Vespers.
Caption title: Vespers for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel / reconstructed by Graham Dixon as the context for Psalms, antiphons, and a motet by G.F. Handel.
Edited from various mss. The music for Te decus virginum, previously thought lost (cf. HWV 243), edited from ms. Koch Deposit 1085 in the Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York.
Pref. includes Latin texts and English translations.