Händel Dank sei die Herr
Although choral publications or recordings with Jessye Norman, Sarah Brightman, or Barabara Streisand attribute these works to Handel, it doesn t appear Handel composed any of Be to Thee is said to be an arrangement of Handel s Dank sei Dir, Herr. However, this is a spurious Handelian work. References to Dank sei Dir, Herr being composed by Handel date from the late 19th century in Germany. The true origins of Dank sei Dir, Herr remain unknown. Channing LeFebvre arranged Dank sei Dir, Herr for organ. Siegfried Ochs is generally attributed with the first arrangement of Dank sei Dir, Herr resulting in Thanks Be to Thee. Thanks Be to Thee was arranged by many other composers, including Vogel, Page, Houseknecht, Christiansen, Harris, Shaw, Causey, Bement, Wilson, Wiley, Forsblad, Nichols, et al. Although the origins of Thanks Be to Thee and Dank sei Dir, Herr, 39
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