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George Frideric Handel

The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, HWV 264

HWV 264 Composed 1737

The Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264, is an anthem by George Frideric Handel. It was composed and first performed for the funeral of Caroline of Ansbach at Westminster Abbey on 17 December 1737. Handel slightly re-worked the anthem and used it for the opening section of his oratorio Israel in Egypt in 1739. The theme of the first chorus was taken by Mozart as the theme for the Requiem aeternam movement of his Requiem Mass. The anthem is approximately forty minutes in length.

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Movements

  1. Sinfonia
  2. "The Ways of Zion Do Mourn"
  3. "How Are the Mighty Fall'n!"
  4. Chorus "She put on righteousness"
  5. "When the Ear Heard Her"
  6. "How Are the Migthy Fall’n!"
  7. "She Deliver’d the Poor That Cried, the Fatherless"
  8. "How Are the Migthy Fall’n!"
  9. "The Righteous Shall Be Had"
  10. "Their Bodies Are Buried in Peace"
  11. "The People Will Tell of Their Wisdom"
  12. "They Shall Receive a Glorious Kingdom"
  13. "The Merciful Goodness of the Lord Endureth for Ever"

Elsewhere

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