Judas Maccabaeus (Handel)

*Judas Maccabaeus*
Judas Maccabaeus
Oratorio by George Frideric Handel
	Handel portrayed by Balthasar Denner, 1729
Catalogue	HWV 63
Year	1746
Text	by Thomas Morell
Language	English
Based on	1 Maccabees
Performed	1 April 1747: London Royal Opera House
Movements	68

Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return from the Battle of Culloden (16 April, 1746).^[1] Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxii; and HHA 1/24.^[2]

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