Thomas Morell

Thomas Morell ( born March 18, 1703 Eton, Buckinghamshire, † February 19, 1784 in Turnham Green in London, funeral on 27 February 1784 in Chiswick ) was an English clergyman and librettist.

Reverend Morell was a pupil of Eton College, and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote the libretto of various well-known works. These mainly include several libretti for works by Georg Friedrich Händel, held their first performance at Covent Garden Theatre in London:

• Judas Maccabaeus, oratorio, April 1, 1747
• Alexander Balu, March 9, 1748
• Joshua, March 23, 1748
• Solomon, March 17, 1749
• Theodora, March 16, 1750
• Jeptha, February 26, 1752
• The Triumph of Time and Truth, final, final version of Il Trionfo del Tempo, premiere March 11, 1757
• Gideon

The lyrics to Judas Maccabaeus was published in 1747 with a dedication to Prince William, Duke of Cumberland:

There are some anecdotes about the cooperation between Handel and Morell, published in his memoirs that later.

In addition, Morell also published as editor a dictionary Latin -English author Robert Ainsworth (1660-1743): An abridgment of Ainsworth 's dictionary, English and Latin, designed for the use of schools. By Thomas Morell. and in 1766 the M. Beni. Hederici lexicon manuale graecum by Benjamin wild radish.