George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Acis and Galatea HWV 49b
Serenade in three parts 2nd version Halle Handel Edition. Series I, Volume 9.2
Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
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Details
- For
- Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
- Product Type
- Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- George Frideric Handel
- Editor
- Artie Heinrich
- Product number
- 634561
- Lyrics
- John Gay
Description
Handel set the myth about the love of the shepherd Acis for the sea nymph Galatea from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” a total of three times: in the cantata “Aci, Galatea e Polifemo” HWV 72 (1708), the masque “Acis and Galatea” HWV 49a (1718) and finally the pasticcio-like serenata “Acis and Galatea” HWV 49b (1732) of which the original version is now made available in its complete form for the first time.
A particular charm is provided by the use of two languages in the serenata. The work was origin...
Content
- Zur Edition
- Vorwort
- Editorial Policy
- Preface
- Konkordanz / Table of versions
- Faksimiles:
- Recitativo Quanto del vostro foco, Aria (Nr. 10) Un sospiretto dun labbro pallido, Beginn
- Aria (Nr. 19) Dellaquila gli artigli, Ausschnitt
- Coro (Nr. 22) Viver, e non amar, Ausschnitt
- Aria (Nr. 28) Verso già lalma col sangue, Beginn
- Aria (Nr. 29) Del mar fra londe, Schluss des B-Teils, A. Recitativo Misera, e dove sono?, Ausschnitt
- B-Teils, Recitat...
