Artaxerxes (Arne, Thomas Augustine)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts; 29 sections
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Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
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Parts

Overture

 Oboe 1
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⇒ 6 more: Oboe 2 • Bassoon 1 • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

 Oboe 2
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 Bassoon 1
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos/Basses
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Royal College o... (2024/6/25)

Publisher. Info. London: John Johnson, n.d.[1762].
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D2777/9
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Vocal Scores

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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. London: S. A. & P. Thompson, n.d.
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 Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2019/8/5)

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 Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2014/10/17)

Arranger John Clarke-Whitfeld (1770–1836), keyboard reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Birchall, 1821.
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Misc. Notes Dated 1821-04-28 in preface.
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Selections

 Complete Score
#327160 - 25.45MB, 78 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 443×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2014/6/1)

 Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2016/6/3)

Publisher. Info. London: John Johnson, (1762).
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Misc. Notes Title: The Overture, songs and duetts in the opera of Artaxerxes... Properly dispos'd for the voice and harpsichord
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 Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2015/4/4)

Arranger John Addison
Editor includes music by Henry Rowley Bishop and John Braham
Publisher. Info. London: Goulding & D'Almaine, n.d.(ca.1815).
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Misc. Notes Title: The Overture, Recitatives, Airs & Duets in the Serious Opera of Artaxerxes ...
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 Complete Score
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Royal College o... (2021/5/21)

Editor Thomas Busby (1755–1838)
Publisher. Info. London: W. Rolfe, n.d.[1818].
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Misc. Notes Title: The songs sung by Mrs Billington, in the celebrated opera of Artaxerxes, with all the graces, variations, & embellishments, introduced by her at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane & Covent Garden, arranged with an accompaniment for the, piano forte, from the original score, by Dr Busby. Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1485/2
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The Soldier, tir'd of War's Alarms (Act III)

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 Complete Score
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Fynnjamin (2010/7/31)

Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: George E. Blake, n.d.(ca.1820).
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Misc. Notes Black and White
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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. New York: Geib & Walker, n.d.(ca.1835).
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If o'er the cruel tyrant, Love

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Fynnjamin (2016/9/24)

Editor John Clarke-Whitfeld (1770–1836), keyboard reduction
Publisher. Info. London: Messrs. Birchall & Co., n.d.[1821]. Plate 1080.
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In infancy our hopes and fears

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Fynnjamin (2022/1/23)

Arranger Henry Mullinex (1793–1838)
Publisher. Info. London: Royal Harmonic Institution, n.d. Plate 745.
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Royal College o... (2021/5/21)

Publisher. Info. London: S. Chappell, n.d.(ca.1830-1834). Plate 3128.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1485/1
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Water parted from the sea

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Publisher. Info. London: Corri, Dussek, & Co., n.d.(ca.1795-1796).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1485/3
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Piano 4 Hands

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Publisher. Info. London: Longman & Broderip, n.d.
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Misc. Notes "The favorite Overture in the Opera of Artaxerxes adapted for Two Performers on one Harpsichord or Piano Forte"
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 Complete Score
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Publisher. Info. London: S. Babb, n.d.
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Misc. Notes "The favorite Overture in the Opera of Artaxerxes adapted for Two Performers on one Harpsichord or Piano Forte"
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For Keyboard

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Water Parted from the Sea (Act III)

For Voice and Keyboard (Trisobio)

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Fynnjamin (2010/7/31)

Arranger Filippo Trisobio (d. 1798)
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Misc. Notes "adorned with Italian graces by Mr. Trisobio."
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For Thee I live My Dearest (Act III)

For 2 Voices and Piano (Klage)

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Bassani (2011/9/22)

Arranger Carl Klage (1788–1850)
Language English / German
Translator Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785–1870), German text
Publisher. Info. Orion, No.9.
Berlin: Damköhler, n.d. Plate W.D. 48.
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Selections

For Orchestra (Bishop)

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Arranger Henry Rowley Bishop (1786–1855)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1814.
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Misc. Notes "Compressed into two acts, & arranged for a full orchestra." Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 60/1
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Libretti

 Complete Libretto
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General Information

Work Title Artaxerxes
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Artajerjes; Artaserhas
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185119717; BNF: 139078408
Composer Arne, Thomas Augustine
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ITA 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts; 29 sections:
  • Overture (Poco più che Andante - Larghetto - Gavotta)
  • Act I
1. Fair Aurora prithee stay, duettino (Larghetto) [Mandane and Arbaces]
2. Adieu thou lovely youth (Andante) [Mandane]
3. Amid a thousand racking woes (Allegro) [Arbaces]
4. Behold on Lethes dismal strand (Larghetto) [Artabanes]
5. Fair Semira, lovely maid [Artaxerxes]
6. When real joys we miss (Moderato Allegro) [Rimenes]
7. How hard is the fate (Allegro) [Semira]
8. Thy father away [Artabanes]
9. Acquit thee of this foul offence (Andante) [Semira]
10. O too lovely, too unkind [Arbaces]
11. Fly soft ideas, fly (Allegro) [Mandane]
  • Act II
12. In infancy our hopes and fears (Andante) [Artaxerxes]
13. Disdainful you fly me in anger (Andante) [Arbaces]
14. To sigh and complain (Allegro) [Rimenes]
15. If o'er the cruel tyrant Love (Andante) [Mandane]
16. If the rivers swelling waves (Allegro) [Semira]
17. By that belov'd embrace (Largo) [Arbaces]
18. Monster away from cheerful day (Presto) [Mandane]
19. Thou like the glorious sun (Andante con molto) [Artabanes]
  • Act III
20. Why is death for ever late (Larghetto) [Arbaces]
21. Water parted from the sea (Andante) [Arbaces]
22. Tho' oft a cloud with envious shade (Presto) [Artaxerxes]
23. O let the danger of a son (Andante con Spirito) [Rimenes]
24. O much lov'd son (Siciliana Largo - Presto - primo tempo - Presto - Andante) [Artabanes]
25. Let not rage thy bosom firing (Andante Amoroso) [Mandane]
26. 'Tis not true that in our grief (Andante Larghetto) [Semira]
27. For thee I live my dearest, duett [Mandane & Arbaces]
28. The soldier tir'd of wars alarms (Andante) [Mandane]
29. [Final Chorus - lost]
First Performance. 1762-02-02 in London, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Librettist Composer, after Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 2 hours 15 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
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