G. F. Händel Gloria in Exelcis Deo, HWV deest 1707 Hana Blažíková + Collegium 1704 Václav Luks

Gloria in excelsis Deo (HWV deest; deest in latin means missing, as in missing from the Handel thematic catalog) is a newly discovered work by Click here to view a larger image Handel and found at the Royal Academy of Music s (RAM, London) library. The manuscript not in Handel s hand but bound in a collection of Handel arias owned by singer William Savage (17201789) and left to the Academy by his student RJS Stevens on his death in 1837 was identified by Professor Hans Joachim Marx of Hamburg, Germany. Handel may have composed it during his early years in Germany prior to his departure for Italy. Handel later borrowed from the Gloria to compose Laudate pueri dominum and Utrecht Jubilate. The work is composed for soprano, 2part violin, and basso continuo. On 11 June 2001 Bärenreiter issued an edition of the Gloria; it is edited by Hans Joachim Marx.