| 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 | Foundling Hospital Anthem, HWV 268・1753 Version (Score) |
| サブタイトル | 1753 Version |
| 出版社 | Bärenreiter・ベーレンライター |
| シリーズ名 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT |
| 楽器編成 | Soloists, Mixed Choir, Orchestra |
| 楽器編成（詳細） | Soprano solo (2), Alto solo, Tenor solo, Mixed choir (SSATB), Oboe (2), Trumpet (2), Timpani, Violin (2), Viola, Basso continuo |
| 品番 | KGA9790006580040 |
| 校訂者 | Stephan Blaut |
| 言語 | 英語 |
| 形状 | XIV, 72 ページ・31 x 24.3・369 g・ソフトカバー |
| 出版年 | 2026年第1刷 |
| 出版番号 | BA10267 |
| ISMN | 979-0006580040 |
George Frideric Handel’s anthem “Blessed are they that consider the poor” was first performed in 1749 at a benefit concert for the Foundling Hospital orphanage and has since been known by this name. The vocal texts of the original four movements are taken from the Old and New Testaments (Book of Psalms, Prophets, Epistles of Paul). As is often the case with occasional works, the composer drew on music from earlier compositions in all movements – the fourth chorus, for example, is identical to the “Hallelujah” chorus from the “Messiah”. For a later performance in 1753, Handel substantially expanded the work by three movements and revised parts of the first version. This later version constitutes an independent and arguably more appealing version of the anthem.
This Urtext edition based on the “Halle Handel Edition” offers the first scholarly-critical edition of the musical text of the 1753 version.