Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Composition Year 15-24 September 1739 Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language

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Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#18836 - 20.61MB, 112 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 2879x⇩

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Ivdruiz (14 July 2008)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)

Publisher Info.:

G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft. Band 23.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1865. Plate H.W. 23.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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Vocal Score

 Complete score
*#39715 - 3.32MB, 69 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 1616x⇩

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operalala (20 September 2009)

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, n.d. Plate 6202.

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General Information

Work Title	Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 76
Year/Date of Composition	15-24 September 1739
Librettist	Based on a new setting of an earlier poem ("A Song for St. Cecilia's Day") by John Dryden (1631-1700); 1687 for St. Cecilia's Day (22 November).
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Voices (S,T), Mixed Chorus (SATB), Flute, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, 2 Trumpets, Timpani, Lute, Strings (2 Violins, Viola, Cello), Continuo

Misc. Comments

Section Listing

• 1. Overture
• 2. Recitative: From harmony
• 3. Recitative: When Nature
• 4. Chorus: From harmony
• 5. Aria: What passion cannot Music raise
• 6. Aria and Chorus: The trumpet's loud clangour
• 7. March
• 8. Aria: The soft complaining flute
• 9. Aria: Sharp violins proclaim
• 10. Aria: But oh! what art can teach
• 11. Aria: Orpheus could lead the savage race
• 12. Recitative: But bright Cecilia
• 13. Solo and Chorus: As from the power of sacred lays