• First scholarly-critical edition of the anthem
• Urtext edition based on the “Halle Handel Edition”
• With a practical, manageable piano reduction
• Vocal text in English

The anthem “How beautiful are the feet”, also known as “Anthem on the Peace”, was first performed by the London Chapel Royal in 1749 at a thanksgiving service marking the Peace of Aachen, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession. At the subsequent festive ceremony Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks” also rece...