Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Full Scores

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 62
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1874. Plate H.W. 62.
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Selections

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 902
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S'estinto è l'idol mio (Act II)

Language English
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Oriana's aria "S'estinto è l'idol mio", to the English words of Psalm 13. Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 666/8
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Parts

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (c.1706–1773)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1731-55).
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-14
Schrank II coll.
Includes the Sommeille from Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:C6 by Telemann.
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Vocal Scores

Tu mia speranza (Act II)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Oliver Ditson Company, No.1905, Boston.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture

For Harpsichord

Addfilenum[1]

See: 65 Keyboard Pieces, D-Dl Mus.1-T-6

Pena tiranna io sento al core (Act II, Sc.5)

For 5 Recorders (Tennent)
Arranger R.D. Tennent
Publisher. Info. R.D. Tennent
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection. Transposed to A minor.
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Vanne lungi dal mio petto (Act III, Sc.2)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Librettos

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1711 Audience Libretto transcribed and lightly modified for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more exactly copied for study purposes.

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Ch'io lasci mai d'amare il caro mio tesoro (Act II)

Copyist Richard Phelps (1710–1785)
Publisher. Info. Portrait of a Gentleman, Half-Length, Before Open Sheet Music
Oil on canvas, n.d.
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General Information

Work Title Amadigi di Gaula
Alternative. Title Amadis
Name Translations Amadigi; Άμαδις της Γαλατίας
Name Aliases Amadigi in Gaula; Amadigi di gaula
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179459086; LCCN: n85269449; GND: 300064160; BNF: 139131381
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 11
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 59
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1715
First Performance. 1715-5-25 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket [more...]
Nicolo Grimaldi called "Nicolini" (Amadigi)
Anastasia Robinson (Oriana)
Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti, called "Pilotti" (Melissa)
Diana Vico (Dardano)
Caterina Galerati? (Orgando)
Librettist Nicola Francesco Haym or Giacomo Rossi
after Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672–1731)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 3 sopranos, 2 altos, orchestra
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Cast
Amadigi (alto-castrato)
Oriana (soprano)
Melissa (soprano)
Dardano (contralto)
Orgando (soprano)

Orchestra

2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, trumpet, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
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