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Händel (Haendel) Soprano Sacred Arias from Oratorios, Vocal Scores-1
recitatives are  in italics                                                                                          
Ah! wretched, wretched israel (Aria) (israelite Woman)

Judas  Maccabaeus, HWV 63                       

 C minor       
Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909).     

An infant rais’d by thy command (Aria)

 Saul, HWV 53 C minor
Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)    

Angels, ever bright and fair  (With Recitative: "Oh worse than death...")

Theodora, HWV 68             

 F Major 

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

As chears the sun the tender flow’r (Achsa)
(With Recitative: "Indulgent Heav’n ")

Joshua, HWV 64

 G minor

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    
As when the dove laments her love (Galatea)
(with  Recitative: "Oh! didst thou know the pains")		 Acis and Galatea, HWV    49 F Major
Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)    

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)

    

Ask if yon damask rose be sweet (Aria)

 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 D minor

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

Author of peace, who canst control every passion (Merab)
(with Recitative "mean as he was"...)

 Saul, HWV 53 G minor

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

Beneath  the cypress’ gloomy shade

 Susanna, HWV 66 D minor

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer/Sopr.) With Recitative: "I know the pangs that cleave the bleeding heart"

    

Beneath the vine, or figtree’s shade (First woman)

with Recitative: "No more shall armed hands our hopes destroy"

 Solomon, HWV 67 E minor
Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)    

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"

 Solomon, HWV 67 A Major
Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)    

But oh! What art can teach (Aria)

Ode for St. Cecilias’s day, HWV 76

 F Major

Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Ed. Novello (1909)

    

Calm thou my soul...Convey me to some peaceful shore (Rec. and Aria)

Alexander Balus, HWV     65

 E Major

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

Can I see my infant gor’d (First woman)
With Recitative "Withold, withold the executing hand!"

Solomon, HWV 67

 C minor
Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)    

Capricious man, in humour lost (Aria)

Saul, HWV 53

 F Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

Come unto him, all yet that labor  (Aria)

Messiah HWV 56

 B Flat Major

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)

    

Come, come! No time for lamentation now...Let the bright Seraphim
(Rec. and Aria)

Samson, HWV 57

 D Major

Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)

    

Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting’s the pleasure (Damon)
Aria (Soprano or, preferably, Tenor.) 

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 G Major

Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)

    

Convey me to some peaceful shore
With Recitative "Calm thou my soul"

Alexander Balus, HWV 65

 E Major

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)
 

    

Ev’ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)

Solomon, HWV 67

 G minor

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"

    

Farewell! farewell, ye limpid springs and floods
With Recitative "Ye sacred priests! whose hands ne’er yet were stain’d"

Jephtha, HWV 70

 E Major

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)

    

Fell rage and black despair posess’d (Aria) (Michal)

Saul, HWV 53

 A Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

From Arabia’s spicy shores...Ev’ry sight these eyes behold (Queen of Sheba)
Recit.and Aria

Solomon, HWV 67                                      

 Gm

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

    

From mighty kings he took the spoil (Israelite woman)

With recitative: "Oh, let etrnal honours"

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

 A Major

Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)

    

From this unhappy day (David) Aria for Soprano or preferably Tenor

Saul, HWV 53

 G minor

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

Great Dagon has subdued our foe (Dalila) Aria

 Samson, HWV 57 E minor

Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)

    

Guardian angels (Aria)

The Triumph of Time and Truth, HWV 71  

 E Major

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

Happy, oh, thrice happy we (Achsah) Aria

Joshua, HWV 64

 B Flat Major

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    

Hark, hark! ‘tis the linnet and the thrush (Achsah) Aria

 Joshua, HWV 64 D Major

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    

He comes, he comes!...Oh God-like youth! By all confess’d ...(Michal)
(Recit.and Aria)

Saul, HWV 53

 B Flat Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea)
With Recitative:"Tis done: thus i exert my pow’r divine"

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 E Flat Major

Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)

    

Hide me from day’s garish eye
With Recitative "Me, when the sun begins to fling"

L’allegro, ed il pensieroso, HWV 55

 A Flat Major

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

How beautiful are the feet of them (Aria)

Messiah HWV 56

 G minor

Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912)

    

Hush, hush ye pretty warbling quire!(Galatea)
With recitative:"Ye verdant plains and woody mountains"

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 A minor

G.Gervinus,Ed. Peters

    

I know that my reddemer liveth (Aria)

Messiah HWV 56

 E Major

Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912)

    

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)

    

I know the pangs that cleave the bleding heart...Beneath the cypress’ gloomy shade
Recit.and Aria

Susanna, HWV 66

 D minor
Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)    

If God be for us, who can be against us? (Aria)

 Messiah HWV 56 G minor
Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912)    

If guiltless blood be your intent (Aria)

Susanna, HWV 66

 D minor

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

in sweetest harmony they lived (David) Aria for Sopr. or preferably Tenor

Saul, HWV 53

 E Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925

    

Indulgent Heav’n hath heard my virgin pray’r...As chears the sun the tender flow'r (Achsah) Recit. and Aria.

Joshua, HWV 64

 G minor

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    

Joshua, I come commission’d from on high...Leader of Israel!‘Tis the Lord decree (Angel) Recit. and Aria

 Joshua, HWV 64 E Flat Major

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    

Leader of Israel!‘Tis the Lord decree (Angel)
With the Recitative:"Joshua, I come commission’d from on high"

 Joshua, HWV 64 E Flat Major
Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)    

Let the bright Seraphim, in burning row (israelite woman)

Samson, HWV 57

 D Major

Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)
With the Recitative "Come, come! No time for lamentation now" 

    

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)Aria only

    

Matrons and virgins, with unweary’d pray’r...Oh! who can tell, oh! who can hear of Egypt; Recit. and Aria

Joshua, HWV 64

 B minor

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    

May peace in Salem ever dwell!...Will the sun forget to streak eastern skies (Queen of Sheba) Recit. and Aria

Solomon, HWV 67                            

 E minor          

Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)

    

Me, when the sun begins to fling...Hide me from day’s garish eye.
Recit. and Aria

L’allegro, ed il pensieroso, HWV 55

 A Flat Major

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

 

Händel (Haendel) Soprano Sacred Arias from Oratorios, Vocal Scores-2

Mean as he was...Author of peace, who canst control every passion of the Soul  (Merab) Reitative and    Aria                                     

Saul, HWV 53                                                                     

 G minor                                     
Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)             

My faith and truth, O Samson (Dalila)                                                               

Samson, HWV 57                                  

 D Major    

Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)

    

My Father! ah! methinks I see (Iole) Aria

Hercules, HWV 60                              

 E Flat Major       

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)

    

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)

    

My soul rejects the thought with scorn (Merab) Aria

Saul, HWV 53

 A Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

 

    

No more shall armed hands our hopes destroy...Beneath the vine, or figtree’s shade (First woman)
Recit. and Aria

 Solomon, HWV 67    E minor

Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)

    

No, no, let the guilty tremble (Michal) Aria

Saul, HWV 53

E Flat Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925) 

    

Oh God-like youth! By all confess’d of human race the pride! (Michal)
With Recitative:"He comes, he comes!"

 Saul, HWV 53 B Flat Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925) 

    

Oh grant it, Heav’n, that your long woes may cease...So shall the lute and harp awake  (Israelite woman)
Recit. and Aria

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

 B Flat Major

Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)

    

Oh King, your favours with delight I take (David) Aria (Soprano. or Tenor)

Saul, HWV 53

 F Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

Oh let it not in Gath be heard (David) Aria (Soprano. or Tenor)

 Saul, HWV 53 E Flat Major
Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)    

Oh, let eternal honours...From mighty kings he took the spoil

(Israelite woman) Recit. and Aria

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

 A Major

Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)

    

Oh, worse than death indeed!...Angels, ever bright and fair 
Recit. and Aria

Theodora, HWV 68

 F Major

Haendel’s Oratorio Songs, T. Best, Ed. Boosey & co. (1900)

    

Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love...As when the dove laments her love (Galatea) Recit; and Aria

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 F Major

Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)

    

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)

    

Oh! Had I Jubal’s lyre (Achsah) Aria

Joshua, HWV 64

 A Major

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)

    

Oh! who can tell, oh! who can hear of Egypt (Soprano/Mezzo)
With Recitative:"Matrons and virgins, with unweary’d pray’r"

Joshua, HWV 64                          

 B minor                

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    

Orpheus could lead the savage race (Aria)

Ode for St. Cecilias’s day, HWV 76 

 F Major

Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Ed. Novello (1909)

  

 

Pious orgies, pious airs, decent sorrow (Israelite woman) Aria

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

 G Major
Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)    

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! (Aria)

Messiah, HWV 56

 B Flat Major

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)

    

Messiah/Spicker-Noble, Ed. Schirmer(1912)

    

See, see, with what a scornful air (Michal) Aria

Saul, HWV 53

 F Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925) 

    

Shepherd, what ar thou pursuing? (Soprano, or preferably Tenor)
With Recitative:"Stay, shepherd, stay!"

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 B Flat Major

Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)

    

So shall the lute and harp awake (Israelite woman)
With Recitative:"Oh grant it, Heav’n, that your long woes may cease"

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

 B Flat Major

Judas Maccabaeus, Ed. Schirmer (1909)

    

Stay, shepherd, stay!...Shepherd, what ar thou pursuing? (Damon)
 (Soprano, or preferably Tenor) Recit. and Aria 

 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 B Flat Major
Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)    

Subtle Love, with fancy viewing rapt’rous joys (Aria)

Alexander Balus, HWV 65

 A Major

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer( Sopr.)

    

The soft complaining flute (Aria)

Ode on St. Cecilias’s Day HWV 76

 B minor
Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer( Sopr.)    

Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Ed. Novello (1909)

    

Thou didst blow with the wind (Aria)

Israel in Egypt, HWV 54

 E Flat Major

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)

    

Thy sentence, great King, is prudent and wise (Second woman) Aria

Solomon, HWV 67

 F Major

Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)

    

Tis done: thus i exert my pow’r divine...Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea) Recit. and Aria

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 E Flat Major

Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)

    

To vanity and earthly pride  (Achsah) Aria

Joshua, HWV 64

 E minor

Joshua, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1923)

    

Vain, fluctuating state of human empire! (Aria)

Belshazzar, HWV 61

 E minor

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)

    

What abject thoughts a prince can have! (Merab)Aria

Saul, HWV 53

 G Major

Saul, G.Gervinus, Ed. Peters  (1925)

    

What passion cannot music raise and quell (Aria)

Ode for St. Cecilias’s day, HWV 76

 G Major

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)

    

Ode for St. Cecilias’s Day, Ed.Novello (1909)

    

When thou art absent from my sight...With thee the unsheltered moor I tread (Queen of Sheba) Recit. and Aria

Solomon, HWV 67

 G Major

Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)

    

Will the sun forget to streak eastern skies (Queen of Sheba)
With the Recitative:"May peace in Salem ever dwell!"

Solomon, HWV 67

 E minor

Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)

    

With plaintive notes (Dalila) Aria

Samson, HWV 57

 G minor

Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)

    

With thee the unsheltered moor I tread (Queen of Sheba)
With the Recitative:"When thou art absent from my sight"

Solomon, HWV 67

 G Major

Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)

    

Withold, withold the executing hand!...Can I see my infant gor’d
(First woman) Rec. and Aria

Solomon, HWV 67

 C minor

Solomon, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (ca 1914)

    

Would you gain the tender creature, softly, gently...(Damon)
Soprano, or preferably,Tenor. Aria

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 F Major

Acis and Galatea, G. Gervinus, Ed. Peters (1940)

    

Ye men of Gaza (Philistine woman) Aria

Samson, HWV 57

 A Major

Samson, Ed. Schirmer (1898)

    

Ye sacred priests! whose hands ne’er yet were stain’d...Farewell, farewell ye limpid springs and floods. Recit. and Aria.

Jephtha, HWV 70

 E Major

Anthology of Sacred Song/Spicker, Ed. Schirmer (Sopr.)

    

Ye verdant plains and woody mountains...Hush, hush ye pretty warbling quire! (Galatea)Recit. and Aria

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49

 A minor

Händel gesange für eine frauenstimme/H. Roth, Ed. Peters (1915)