Chor der Dänen, from the music to the play, Alfred, König der Angelsachsen. Hob.XXX:5a, for choir (S, T, B) and orchestra, Full score

ISMN: 979-0-708092-60-5

Edición de / Edited by: Gabmayer, Anton

The "Chor der Dänen" is the first of three surviving pieces from the incidental music Haydn wrote for a production of John William Cowmeadow?s play Alfred, König der Angelsachsen, oder der patriotische König ("Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons, or, The Patriotic King") at Eisenstadt in September 1796. A subject such as Alfred the Great's victory over the Vikings in the year 878 would have been popular in the war-torn Europe of Haydn?s time, and the composer's thrilling setting capture's all the power and drama of the text. It is scored for a chorus of soprano, tenor and bass, and an orchestra of strings, two oboes, two bassoons, two trumpets and timpani.