Te Deum Composed in the Year 1743 for the Victory at Dettingen [HWV 283] - Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759 (London Arnold, 1797)
The Te Deum for the Victory at the Battle of Dettingen is the fifth and last setting by Handel of the 4th-century Ambrosian hymn, Te Deum, or We Praise Thee, O God. He wrote it in 1743, only a month after the battle itself, during which Britain and its allies Hannover and Austria soundly routed the French.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Hymn; Vocal music; United Kingdom