Talk:Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (George Frideric Handel)
A comparison was made between this CPDL edition by Philip Legge (great work, Philip, thank you very much) and a commercial vocal score (Carus Verlag CV 55.232/05). The comparison was limited to the choral parts, without considering the lyrics. The following differences were identified (most of them, or even all, may be editorial).
- My score is based on Chrysander's edition, so I will note where there are discrepancies.
I have made another comparison with the Bärenreiter Choral Score (BA 4002) --Rote 21:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
1. Dixit Dominus
Bass, bar 21: the first note is D in Legge, B♭ in Carus/Bärenreiter. (Chrysander has B♭, so I will correct this.)
Bass, bar 91: the last note is D in Legge/Chrysander/Bärenreiter, A in Carus.
4. Juravit Dominus
Soprano I, bar 22: the first note is F natural in Legge/Chrysander, A♭ in Carus/Bärenreiter. (Carus seems to be following the Violin 1 part verbatim.)
Soprano I and Soprano II, bar 45 – 46: ties across barline missing in Legge.
Tenor, bar 35: the last note is C in Legge, D in Carus/Bärenreiter. (Chrysander definitely has C, but perhaps should have D as in Viola 2 part.)
5. Tu es sacerdos
Soprano II, bar 22: all notes are one third higher in Legge/Chrysander (starting in A) than in Carus/Bärenreiter (starting in F). (Carus is following the Violin 2 part.)
6. Dominus a dextris tuis
Tenor, bar 93: the last note is B♭ in Legge, F in Carus/Chrysander/Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 124: the last note is E in Legge/Chrysander, A in Carus/Bärenreiter.
7. (6.) Judicabit
Soprano I, bar 57 in Legge, 205 in Carus: the second note is C in Legge/Chrysander, B natural in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Soprano II, bar 31 in Legge, 179 in Carus: the second and the third notes are E and C# in Legge/Chrysander, respectively, while they are C# and B natural in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Alto, bar 27 in Legge, 175 in Carus: the first two notes are G in Legge/Chrysander, E in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 32 in Legge, 180 in Carus: the eighth note is E in Legge, D in Carus/Chrysander/Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 41 in Legge, 189 in Carus: the second note is F in Legge/Chrysander, C in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 53 in Legge, 201 in Carus: the last note is F in Legge/Chrysander, A in Carus/Bärenreiter.
8. (6.) Conquassabit
Soprano I, bar 45 in Legge, 254 in Carus: the last 5 notes are one third higher in Legge (ending in G) than in Carus/Chrysander/Bärenreiter (ending in E).
Alto, bar 7 – 8 in Legge, 216 – 217 in Carus: the sequence of notes (all crotchets) is F, D, B♭ (bar 7, 216) and again F, D, B♭ (bar 8, 217) in Carus/Bärenreiter, while Legge/Chrysander has all F.
Alto, bar 32 in Legge, 241 in Carus: the fourth note is F# in Legge/Chrysander, F natural in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 9 in Legge, 218 in Carus: the last note is A in Legge/Chrysander, F in Carus/Bärenreiter.
10. (8.) Gloria Patri
Soprano I, bar 164: the fourth note is F in Legge, F# in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Soprano II, bar 31: the tenth note is D in Legge, B♭ in Carus/Bärenreiter.
- Note: in the following entry, the note mentioned in the remark was a third off the score (as if read in bass-clef instead of treble clef). I have changed it --Rote 21:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Soprano II, bar 84: the fifth note is A in Legge, G in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Alto, bar 26: the last note is A in Legge/Bärenreiter, D in Carus.
Alto, bar 37: the last six notes are G in Legge/Bärenreiter, B♭ in Carus.
Alto, bar 84: the last note is E♭ in Legge (as in the viola-2 voice), E natural in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Alto, bar 109: the first note is B♭ in Legge, A in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Alto, bar 165: the second note is F in Legge, F# in Carus, F with a small # (apparently to show that it is not originally in the score) in Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 97: the last two notes (E♭) are crotchets in Legge/Bärenreiter, quavers in Carus. A quarter rest completes the bar in Carus.
- Note: in the following two entries, the notes mentioned in the remarks were a third off the score (as if read in bass-clef instead of treble clef). I have changed them --Rote 21:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Tenor, bar 119: the second note (A, dotted crotchet) in Legge is divided into a crotchet plus a quaver in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 127 - 128: the last note of bar 127 and the first note of bar 128 (both D, crotchets) are tied in Carus, while they are not in Legge/Bärenreiter.
Tenor, bar 135: the last note is B♭ in Legge/Bärenreiter, D in Carus.
Bass, bar 170: the sixth and the seventh note are C in Legge, D in Carus/Bärenreiter.
Bass, bar 171: the second and the third note are B♭ in Legge, D in Carus/Bärenreiter. The fifth note is B♭ in Legge, A in Carus/Bärenreiter.
- Comparison made by Max a.k.a. --Choralia 18:20, 28 November 2009 (UTC)