| 作曲者 | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)・ジョージ・フリデリック・ヘンデル |
| タイトル | Saul HWV 53（布装丁） |
| サブタイトル | Oratorio in 3 acts |
| 出版社 | Bärenreiter・ベーレンライター |
| シリーズ名 | Hallische Händel-Ausgabe; Halle Handel Edition (HHA) Ser. 1. Vol. 13 |
| 楽器編成 | Solos, Mixed Choir, Orchestra |
| 楽器編成（詳細） | 2SSolo/ASolo/5TSolo/3BSolo/Mixed choir-SATB/2Fl/2Ob/2bassoon/2Trp/3trombone/timpani/Glsp/Str/Bc |
| 品番 | 9790006443055 |
| 校訂者 | Percy M. Young |
| 難易度 | 中上級 |
| 言語 | 英語・ドイツ語 |
| 形状 | XVII, 329 ページ・33.0 x 26.0 cm・1771 g・布装丁 |
| 出版年 | 2014年第3刷 |
| 出版番号 | BA 4020 |
| ISMN | 979-0006443055 |
Saul was given its first performance under Handel's direction at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 16 January 1739. The original libretto (dated 1738) refers to the work as "an Oratorio or Sacred Drama". This libretto was written by Charles Jennens (1700–1770), a wealthy amateur writer from Gopsall, Leicestershire. A letter of 28 July 1735 from Handel to Jennens suggests that a complete raft of the text already existed at that time.
Saul occupies an extraordinarily important position in the English oratorio tradition that Handel brought to perfection, standing alongside Israel in Egypt at the end of the first creative period of such works.