Dettingen Te Deum

Dettingen Te Deum
by George Frideric Handel
Portrait of George Frideric Handel by Balthasar Denner, 1733
KeyD major
CatalogueHWV 283
Year1743 (1743)
PeriodBaroque
TextTe Deum
LanguageEnglish
Performed27 November 1743 (1743-11-27): London
Movements18
ScoringSATB choir and soloists, orchestra
King George II at the Battle of Dettingen by John Wootton

The Te Deum for the Victory at the Battle of Dettingen in D major, HWV 283, is the fifth and last setting by George Frideric 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.