Atalanta, HWV 35 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1735-4-22 (end date)
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For 6 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 3 trumpets (arr); For 3 players (arr); For 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); For 4 players (arr); For keyboard (arr); Scores featuring keyboard soloists (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Ouverture

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#439628 - 6.62MB - 7:14 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 234×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/9/18)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#19079 - 19.48MB, 102 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5689×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 87
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1882. Plate H.W. 87.
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Selections

Overture

 Complete Score
#114642 - 1.43MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1726×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/8/23)

Publisher. Info. Handel's Overtures in Score, From all his Operas and Oratorios
London: I. Walsh, No. 676, n.d.
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Care selve

 Complete Score
#1001939 - 0.40MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 11×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2025/11/19)

 Engraving Files (Finale)
#1001945 - 0.18MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2025/11/19)

Editor Paul Beck (librarian)
Publisher. Info. Paul Beck, 2025.
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Parts

Selections

Care selve

 Violins I
#1001940 - 0.26MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2025/11/19)

⇒ 4 more: Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violins II
#1001941 - 0.27MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1×⇩ - Dbmiller

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 Violas
#1001942 - 0.27MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3×⇩ - Dbmiller

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 Cellos
#1001943 - 0.28MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2025/11/19)

 Basses
#1001944 - 0.27MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2025/11/19)

Editor Paul Beck (librarian)
Publisher. Info. Paul Beck, 2025.
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Vocal Scores

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 Aria: Dì ad Irene, tiranna infedele
#146312 - 0.48MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1797×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/4)

Arranger Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), piano reduction
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs of G.F. Handel, Vol.I: High Voice (pp.65-71)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1905. Plate ML-1089-7.
Copyright
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 Aria: Care selve
#31041 - 0.69MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4249×⇩ - Zoé

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Zoé (2009/5/7)

Arranger Amelia Lehmann (1838–1903) ("A.L.")
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., 1900. Plate H. 2888.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#439626 - 0.34MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1973×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/18)

 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#439627 - 0.69MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 323×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/18)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Gavotte (Act III)

For 3 Trumpets (Heidtmann)

 Complete Score
#811318 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 237×⇩ - Klaus Heidtmann

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Klaus Heidtmann (2022/9/19)

Arranger Klaus Heidtmann (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. Klaus Heidtmann, 2022.
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For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Vollmer)

 Complete Score
#989767 - 0.12MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 12×⇩ - Dreifachpunkt.

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Dreifachpunkt. (2025/9/6)

Arranger Julian Vollmer (b. 1999)
Publisher. Info. Julian Vollmer, 2025.
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Misc. Notes Trumpet parts available in C and in Bb.
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For Keyboard (Gomez)

 Complete Score
#188560 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1666×⇩ - Marc Lanoiselée

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Marc Lanoiselée (2012/3/15)

 Engraving files (Finale)
#188561 - 0.05MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 374×⇩ - Marc Lanoiselée

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Marc Lanoiselée (2012/3/15)

Arranger Alberto Gomez Gomez
Publisher. Info. Alberto Gomez Gomez
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For Piano (Heidtmann)

 Complete Score
#811332 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 140×⇩ - Klaus Heidtmann

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Klaus Heidtmann (2022/9/19)

Arranger Klaus Heidtmann (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. Klaus Heidtmann, 2022.
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1736)
#761935 - 0.14MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 161×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (1736)
#769243 - 0.12MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 79×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1736)
#769244 - 0.13MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 81×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/3/10)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1736 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more exact transcripts for study purposes.

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General Information

Work Title Atalanta
Alternative. Title
Name Translations いとしの森よ; Αταλάντη
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185891837; LCCN: no2001086112; GND: 300220189; BNF: 139130769
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 35
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 80
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1735-4-22 (end date)
First Performance. 1736-05-12 in London, Covent Garden Theatre
London: Covent Garden
Librettist Unknown, adapted from Belisario Valeriani (fl.1715)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Atalanta (soprano)
Meleagro (soprano castrato)
Irene (contralto)
Aminta (tenor)
Nicandro (bass)
Mercurio [Mercury], the messenger god (bass)

Orchestra

2 oboes, [bassoon], 2 horns, 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
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