Dettinger Te Deum
The Dettinger Te Deum ( HWV 283) is a sacred choral work by Georg Friedrich Händel . The text is based on the early church Te Deum in the English version of the Book of Common Prayer from 1662. Handel composed it for a thanksgiving service on the occasion of the victory of the Austro-British military over the French troops in the Battle of Dettingen on June 27, 1743. The original is Written for two choirs and a large orchestra.
For the composition, Handel used musical material from a Latin Te Deum by Francesco Antonio Urio .
Of the five Te Deum compositions by Handel, Dettinger is best known, along with the Utrecht Te Deum .
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- We praise thee, O God (choir)
- All the earth doth worship thee (alto solo and choir)
- To Thee all angels cry aloud (choir)
- To Thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry (chorus)
- The glorious company of the apostles praise thee (chorus)
- Thou art the King of Glory (bass solo with choir)
- When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man (aria for bass)
- When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death (chorus)
- Thou sittest at the right hand of God (trio and choir)
- Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting (choir)
- Day by day we magnify thee (choir)
- Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin (Arioso for bass)
- O Lord, in thee have I trusted (alto solo and choir)
Web links
- Score (work edition by Friedrich Chrysander 1865)
- Dettinger Te Deum : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Dettinger Te Deum: MIDI / MP3 version, with text and practice files for choristers