Il pastor fido, HWV 8b/c (Handel, George Frideric)
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
- For the earlier (1712) version of the opera, see Il pastor fido, HWV 8a
Contents |
Music Files
Full Scores
Complete Score, including the ballet Terpsicore
*#19067 - 24.62MB - 134 pages - Scan Quality: No ratings yet - V/V/V
PDF file, Scanned by Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum (MDZ)
Uploader: Ivdruiz (18 July 2008)
Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 84.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1890. Plate H.W. 84.
"Chrysander’s... treatment of the 1734 versions is extremely confused, however, though both versions can be reconstructed with accuracy by reference to the original wordbooks and other source material" (Source: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera)
Add a file to this page
Add multiple files to this page
Upload from external sources: Sibley, FTP
Commercial Recordings
Handel, George Frideric" (MP3 albums (US only)).
→ Search Amazons worldwide: Canada (.ca), France (.fr), Germany (.de), Japan (.co.jp), United Kingdom (.co.uk), United States (.com)
General Information
| Work Title | Terpsicore |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Handel, George Frideric |
|---|---|
| Opus/Catalogue Number | HWV 8b |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1734 |
| Librettist | Giacomo Rossi, after Giovan Battista Guarini |
| Language | Italian |
| Genre | Opera |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Discuss this piece |
Misc. Comments
"In the spring of 1734... Handel revived Il pastor fido in a much changed version [HWV 8b], preserving the outlines of the story but retaining only seven of the original arias; the rest (except for a new setting of Mirtillo’s opening cavatina) were taken from cantatas or earlier operas, with the significant addition of choruses taken from the serenata Parnasso in Festa... This version was the basis of yet another revision [HWV 8c] which opened Handel’s first season at John Rich’s new theatre in Covent Garden on 9 November 1734. There were two new arias... but the main changes were prompted by Rich’s engagement of a dance troupe led by Marie Sallé. For her benefit Handel added a new prologue, Terpsicore, a mixture of vocal solos, choruses and orchestral dance movements (some taken from earlier works) in which Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance (played by Sallé), is encouraged by Erato (soprano) and Apollo (mezzo-soprano) to demonstrate her talents...Newly composed dances were also added at the end of each act of the opera" (Source: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera).
