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G.F. HAENDEL: A-Z Sacred Arias and their Recitatives for Soprano (Solo) in Authoritative Editions in the Public Domain. High Resoution Scans (600 dpi). Sheet Music for Immediate download
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Ah! wretched, wretched israel (Aria) (israelite Woman) |
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
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C minor |
 Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909). |
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An infant rais’d by thy command (Aria)
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Saul, HWV 53 |
C minor |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925) |
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Angels, ever bright and fair (With Recitative: "Oh worse than death...")
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Theodora, HWV 68
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F Major |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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As chears the sun the tender flow’r (Achsa)
(With Recitative: "Indulgent Heav’n ")
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Joshua, HWV 64
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G minor |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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As when the dove laments her love (Galatea)
(with Recitative: "Oh! didst thou know the pains") |
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 |
F Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940) |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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Ask if yon damask rose be sweet (Aria)
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 |
D minor |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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Author of peace, who canst control every passion (Merab)
(with Recitative "mean as he was"...)
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Saul, HWV 53 |
G minor |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Beneath the cypress’ gloomy shade
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Susanna, HWV 66 |
D minor |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer/Sopr.) With Recitative: "I know the pangs that cleave the bleeding heart"
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Beneath the vine, or figtree’s shade (First woman)
with Recitative: "No more shall armed hands our hopes destroy"
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Solomon, HWV 67 |
E minor |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914) |
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Bless’d the day when first my eyes saw the wisest of the wise! (Aria)
(Queen of Sheba)With the Recitative "And see my Queen the wedded love"
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Solomon, HWV 67 |
A Major |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914) |
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But oh! What art can teach (Aria)
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Ode for St. Cecilias’s day, HWV 76
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F Major |
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Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Ed. Novello (1909)
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Calm thou my soul...Convey me to some peaceful shore (Rec. and Aria)
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65
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E Major |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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Can I see my infant gor’d (First woman)
With Recitative "Withold, withold the executing hand!"
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Solomon, HWV 67
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C minor |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914) |
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Capricious man, in humour lost (Aria)
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Saul, HWV 53
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F Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Come unto him, all yet that labor (Aria)
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Messiah HWV 56
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B Flat Major |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)
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Come, come! No time for lamentation now...Let the bright Seraphim
(Rec. and Aria)
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Samson, HWV 57
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D Major |
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Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)
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Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting’s the pleasure (Damon)
Aria (Soprano or, preferably, Tenor.)
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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G Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)
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Convey me to some peaceful shore
With Recitative "Calm thou my soul"
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65
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E Major |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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Ev’ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)
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Solomon, HWV 67
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G minor |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914) Aria With Sinfonia "The arrival of the Queen of Sheba"and Recitative "From Arabia’s spicy shores"
Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914) Aria With Recitative "From Arabia’s spicy shores"
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Farewell! farewell, ye limpid springs and floods
With Recitative "Ye sacred priests! whose hands ne’er yet were stain’d"
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Jephtha, HWV 70
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E Major |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)
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Fell rage and black despair posess’d (Aria)
(Michal)
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Saul, HWV 53
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A Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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From Arabia’s spicy shores...Ev’ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)
Recit.and Aria
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Solomon, HWV 67
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914) With Sinfonia "The arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914) Recitative and Aria only
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From mighty kings he took the spoil (Israelite woman)
With recitative: "Oh, let etrnal honours"
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
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A Major |
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Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)
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From this unhappy day (David) Aria for Soprano or preferably Tenor (see tenor section)
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Saul, HWV 53
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G minor |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Great Dagon has subdued our foe (Dalila) Aria
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Samson, HWV 57 |
E minor |
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Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)
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Guardian angels (Aria)
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The Triumph of Time and Truth, HWV 71
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E Major |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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Happy, oh, thrice happy we (Achsah) Aria
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Joshua, HWV 64
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B Flat Major |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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Hark, hark! ‘tis the linnet and the thrush (Achsah) Aria
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Joshua, HWV 64 |
D Major |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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He comes, he comes!...Oh God-like youth! By all confess’d ...(Michal)
(Recit.and Aria)
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Saul, HWV 53
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B Flat Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea)
With Recitative:"Tis done: thus i exert my pow’r divine"
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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E Flat Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)
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Hide me from day’s garish eye
With Recitative "Me, when the sun begins to fling"
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L’allegro, ed il pensieroso, HWV 55
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A Flat Major |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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How beautiful are the feet of them (Aria)
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Messiah HWV 56
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G minor |
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Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912)
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Hush, hush ye pretty warbling quire!(Galatea)
With recitative:"Ye verdant plains and woody mountains"
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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A minor |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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I know that my reddemer liveth (Aria)
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Messiah HWV 56
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E Major |
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Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912)
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)
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I know the pangs that cleave the bleding heart...Beneath the cypress’ gloomy shade
Recit.and Aria
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Susanna, HWV 66
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D minor |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.) |
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If God be for us, who can be against us? (Aria)
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Messiah HWV 56 |
G minor |
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Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912) |
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If guiltless blood be your intent (Aria)
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Susanna, HWV 66
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D minor |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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in sweetest harmony they lived (David) Aria for Sopr. or preferably Tenor
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Saul, HWV 53
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E Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925
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Indulgent Heav’n hath heard my virgin pray’r...As chears the sun the tender flow'r (Achsah) Recit. and Aria.
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Joshua, HWV 64
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G minor |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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Joshua, I come commission’d from on high...Leader of Israel!‘Tis the Lord decree (Angel) Recit. and Aria
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Joshua, HWV 64 |
E Flat Major |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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Leader of Israel!‘Tis the Lord decree (Angel)
With the Recitative:"Joshua, I come commission’d from on high"
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Joshua, HWV 64 |
E Flat Major |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923) |
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Let the bright Seraphim, in burning row (israelite woman)
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Samson, HWV 57
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D Major |
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Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)
With the Recitative "Come, come! No time for lamentation now"
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)Aria only
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Matrons and virgins, with unweary’d pray’r...Oh! who can tell, oh! who can hear of Egypt; Recit. and Aria
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Joshua, HWV 64
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B minor |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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May peace in Salem ever dwell!...Will the sun forget to streak eastern skies (Queen of Sheba) Recit. and Aria
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Solomon, HWV 67
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E minor |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)
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Me, when the sun begins to fling...Hide me from day’s garish eye.
Recit. and Aria
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L’allegro, ed il pensieroso, HWV 55
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A Flat Major |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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Mean as he was...Author of peace, who canst control every passion
(Merab)Rec. and Aria
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Saul, HWV 53
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G minor |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925) |
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My faith and truth, O Samson (Dalila)
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Samson, HWV 57
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D Major |
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Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)
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My Father! ah! methinks I see (Iole) Aria
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Hercules, HWV 60
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E Flat Major |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)
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My soul rejects the thought with scorn (Merab) Aria
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Saul, HWV 53
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A Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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No more shall armed hands our hopes destroy...Beneath the vine, or figtree’s shade (First woman)
Recit. and Aria
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Solomon, HWV 67 |
E minor |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)
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No, no, let the guilty tremble (Michal) Aria
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Saul, HWV 53
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E Flat Major
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Oh God-like youth! By all confess’d of human race the pride! (Michal)
With Recitative:"He comes, he comes!"
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Saul, HWV 53 |
B Flat Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Oh grant it, Heav’n, that your long woes may cease...So shall the lute and harp awake (Israelite woman)
Recit. and Aria
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
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B Flat Major |
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Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)
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Oh King, your favours with delight I take (David) Aria (Soprano. or Tenor)
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Saul, HWV 53
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F Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Oh let it not in Gath be heard (David) Aria (Soprano. or Tenor)
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Saul, HWV 53 |
E Flat Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925) |
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Oh, let eternal honours...From mighty kings he took the spoil
(Israelite woman) Recit. and Aria
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
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A Major |
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Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)
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Oh, worse than death indeed!...Angels, ever bright and fair
Recit. and Aria
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Theodora, HWV 68
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F Major |
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love...As when the dove laments her love (Galatea) Recit; and Aria
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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F Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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Oh! Had I Jubal’s lyre (Achsah) Aria
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Joshua, HWV 64
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A Major |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)
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Oh! who can tell, oh! who can hear of Egypt (Soprano/Mezzo)
With Recitative:"Matrons and virgins, with unweary’d pray’r"
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Joshua, HWV 64
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B minor |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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Orpheus could lead the savage race (Aria)
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Ode for St. Cecilias’s day, HWV 76
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F Major |
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Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Ed. Novello (1909)
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Pious orgies, pious airs, decent sorrow (Israelite woman) Aria
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
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G Major |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.) |
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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! (Aria)
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Messiah, HWV 56
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B Flat Major |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912)
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See, see, with what a scornful air (Michal) Aria
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Saul, HWV 53
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F Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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Shepherd, what ar thou pursuing? (Soprano, or preferably Tenor)
With Recitative:"Stay, shepherd, stay!"
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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B Flat Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)
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So shall the lute and harp awake (Israelite woman)
With Recitative:"Oh grant it, Heav’n, that your long woes may cease"
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Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
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B Flat Major |
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Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)
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Stay, shepherd, stay!...Shepherd, what ar thou pursuing? (Damon)
(Soprano, or preferably Tenor) Recit. and Aria
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 |
B Flat Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940) |
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Subtle Love, with fancy viewing rapt’rous joys (Aria)
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Alexander Balus, HWV 65
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A Major |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer( Sopr.)
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The soft complaining flute (Aria)
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Ode on St. Cecilias’s Day HWV 76
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B minor |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer( Sopr.) |
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Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Ed. Novello (1909)
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Thou didst blow with the wind (Aria)
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Israel in Egypt, HWV 54
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E Flat Major |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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Thy sentence, great King, is prudent and wise (Second woman) Aria
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Solomon, HWV 67
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F Major |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)
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Tis done: thus i exert my pow’r divine...Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea) Recit. and Aria
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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E Flat Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)
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To vanity and earthly pride (Achsah) Aria
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Joshua, HWV 64
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E minor |
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Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)
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Vain, fluctuating state of human empire! (Aria)
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Belshazzar, HWV 61
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E minor |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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What abject thoughts a prince can have! (Merab)Aria
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Saul, HWV 53
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G Major |
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Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1925)
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What passion cannot music raise and quell (Aria)
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Ode for St. Cecilias’s day, HWV 76
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G Major |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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Ode for St. Cecilias’s Day, Ed.Novello (1909)
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What’s sweeter than a new-blown rose? N.A.
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Joseph and his brethen, HWV 59
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Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
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When thou art absent from my sight...With thee the unsheltered moor I tread (Queen of Sheba) Recit. and Aria
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Solomon, HWV 67
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G Major |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)
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Will the sun forget to streak eastern skies (Queen of Sheba)
With the Recitative:"May peace in Salem ever dwell!"
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Solomon, HWV 67
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E minor |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)
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With plaintive notes (Dalila) Aria
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Samson, HWV 57
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G minor |
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Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)
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With thee the unsheltered moor I tread (Queen of Sheba)
With the Recitative:"When thou art absent from my sight"
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Solomon, HWV 67
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G Major |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)
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Withold, withold the executing hand!...Can I see my infant gor’d
(First woman) Rec. and Aria
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Solomon, HWV 67
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C minor |
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Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)
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Would you gain the tender creature, softly, gently...(Damon)
Soprano, or preferably,Tenor. Aria
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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F Major |
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Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)
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Ye men of Gaza (Philistine woman) Aria
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Samson, HWV 57
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A Major |
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Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)
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Ye sacred priests! whose hands ne’er yet were stain’d...Farewell, farewell ye limpid springs and floods. Recit. and Aria.
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Jephtha, HWV 70
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E Major |
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Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)
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Ye verdant plains and woody mountains...Hush, hush ye pretty warbling quire! (Galatea)Recit. and Aria
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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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A minor |
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Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)
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