George Frideric Handel Te Deum for the victory ofDettingen
8 videos • 119 views • by Felices Cantus Händel George Frideric Handel [Georg Friedrich Händel] Dettingen Te Deum The Dettingen Te Deum (HWV 283) is a canticle in D major composed by George Frideric Handel in 1743. On 27 June 1743, the British army and its allies, under the command of King George II and Lord Stair, won a victory at the Battle of Dettingen, over the French army. On the King's return a day of public thanksgiving was appointed, and Handel was commissioned to write a Te Deum, you can hear the superb result.