Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 2 acts Composition Year 1718, revised 1732 Genre Categories Secular oratorios; Oratorios; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Parts (6)
• Vocal Scores (7)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
*#18736 - 34.46MB, 151 pp. -  3.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - V/V/V - 8689x⇩

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/13)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)

Publisher Info.:

Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 3.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1858. Plate H.W. 3.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Recitative and Aria: "Ye verdant plains; Hush, hush, ye pretty warbling quire" (No.3)

 Complete Score
*#278632 - 0.20MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 67x⇩

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Rshann (2013/4/24)

Editor:

Richard Shann

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Richard Shann

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 [tag/del]

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The opening recit and aria; music input using Denemo, typesetting by LilyPond

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Parts

Sinfonia / Overture

 Complete Parts
*#106106 - 15.76MB, 64 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 991x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2011/6/20)

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Manuscript, n.d.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Recitative and Aria: "Ye verdant plains; Hush, hush, ye pretty warbling quire" (No.3)

 Soprano solo
*#278636 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 15x⇩

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Rshann (2013/4/24)

 Piccolo
*#278633 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 9x⇩

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Rshann (2013/4/24)

 Violins I
*#278634 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 11x⇩

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Rshann (2013/4/24)

 Violins II
*#278635 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 5x⇩

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Rshann (2013/4/24)

 Basso (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)
*#278637 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 14x⇩

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Rshann (2013/4/24)

Editor:

Richard Shann

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Richard Shann

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 [tag/del]

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The opening recit and aria; music input using Denemo, typesetting by LilyPond

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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
*#86382 - 25.96MB, 94 pp. -  4.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 4656x⇩

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Carolus (2010/12/4)

Arranger:

Vincent Novello (1781-1861), piano reduction

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.(ca.1865).

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete score
*#250530 - 10.61MB, 120 pp. -  4.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 532x⇩

PDF scanned by Russ. St. Lib.
Bassani (2012/9/14)

Editor:

Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)

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London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.

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 Complete Score
*#39716 - 5.32MB, 111 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 3298x⇩

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operalala (2009/9/20)

Language:

English / German

Publisher Info.:

Germany: Unidentified publisher, n.d.(ca.1880).

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1965). Plate K 6208.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Selections

 Complete Score
*#257262 - 5.90MB, 48 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 191x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2012/11/4)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

London: I. Walsh, n.d.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Some pages are engraved in a different (later 18th century) style, as though this is a later imprint of old plates with some replaced.
Contains numbers 3-8, 11-15, 16b, 17, 19, 23.

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 Aria: Love in her eyes sits playing (Act I)
*#145635 - 0.30MB, 5 (#15-19) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 486x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/3)

 Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Act II)
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Massenetique (2011/11/3)

Editor:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Vol.I: For High Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plates ML-1080-1081.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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 Recitative and Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Act II)
*#147564 - 0.41MB, 7 (#6-12) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 765x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)

Publisher Info.:

Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1118-7.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Voices, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Mozart)

 Damon's arias (Nos.5b and 15) - embellishments for the da capo (voice part)
*#271161 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 33x⇩

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Wettgesang (2013/2/25)

Arranger:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Editor:

Wettgesang

Language:

German

Translator:

Gottfried van Swieten (1733-1803), German text

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Wettgesang

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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Nos.4, 12 in the Mozart arrangement

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For Piano solo (Rimbault)

 Airs and Choruses
*#249416 - 7.23MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 262x⇩

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Timtin (2012/9/5)

Arranger:

Edward Francis Rimbault (1816-1876)

Publisher Info.:

London: D'Almaine and Co., n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 13,455.

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General Information

Work Title	Acis und Galatea
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 49
Movements/Sections	2 acts Act I 1. Overture 2. Chorus: Oh the pleasure of the plains (Shepherds, Nymphs) 3. Recitative and Aria (Galatea) a. Recitative: Ye verdant plains b. Aria: Hush, hush, ye pretty warbling quire 4. Aria: Where shall I seek the charming fair (Acis) 5. Recitative and Aria (Damon) a. Recitative: Stay, shepherd, stay b. Aria: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing 6. Recitative and Aria (Acis) a. Recitative: Lo! here my love b. Aria: Love in her eyes sits playing 7. Recitative and Aria (Galatea) a. Recitative: Oh! didst thou know the pains b. Aria: As when the dove 8. Duet: Happy we (Acis, Galatea) 9. Chorus: Happy we (Shepherds, Nymphs) Act II 10. Chorus: Wretched lovers (Shepherds, Nymphs) 11. Recitative: I rage, I melt (Polyphemus) 12. Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus) 13. Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running (Polyphemus) 14. Aria: Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus) 15. Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Damon) 16. Recitative and Aria (Acis) a. Recitative: His hideous love provokes my rage b. Aria: Love sounds th'alarm 17. Aria: Consider, fond shepherd (Damon) 18. Recitative: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea) 19. Trio: The flocks shall leave the mountains (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus) 20. Recitative: Help, Galatea (Acis) 21. Chorus: Mourn, all ye muses (Shepherds, Nymphs) 22. Solo with Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan (Galatea, Shepherds, Nymphs) 23. Recitative and Aria (Galatea) a. Recitative: Tis done, thus I exert my pow'r divine b. Aria: Heart, the seat of soft delight 24. Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears (Shepherds, Nymphs)
Year/Date of Composition	1718, revised 1732
Librettist	John Gay (1685-1732) with possible additions by John Hughes (1677-1720) and/or Alexander Pope (1688-1744) after Ovid's Metamorphoses, xiii.
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Vocal soli Galatea (soprano) Acis (tenor) Damon (tenor or soprano) Polyphemus (bass) Chorus Shepherds and Nymphs Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article Libretto (Naxos.com)