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Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40 (Handel, George Frideric)

Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library

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Full Score

Complete Score
IMSLP #19086 - 25.46MB - 134 pages - Scan Quality: 10.00/10 (1 rating) - V/V/V

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Uploader: Ivdruiz (18 July 2008)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)

Publisher Info.:

G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 92.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1884. Plate H.W. 92.

Copyright:

Public Domain

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Aria: "Ombra mai fù" (Act I)

This aria is commonly known as Handel's "Largo", although the original tempo was "Larghetto" [1]

For Cello with Piano (Borch)

Piano Score
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Cello Part
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Editor:

Gaston Borch (1871–1926), transcriber

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For Organ (Düring)

Ombra mai fù (Largo)
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Uploader: Arturo (13 July 2007)

Editor:

C. A. A. Düring

Publisher Info.:

New York: Martens Brothers, 1877. Plate 139.

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For Piano 2 hands (Parsons)

Ombra mai fù (Largo)
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Uploader: Sphemusator (20 June 2006)

Editor:

Albert Ross Parsons (1847–1933)

Publisher Info.:

New York: G. Schirmer, 1877. Plate 1927
As "Celebrated Largo by G. F. Handel. Arranged for the piano by A. R. Parsons"

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Public Domain

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General Information

Work Title  Serse
Alternative Title  Xerxes
Composer  Handel, George Frideric Genre  Opera
Opus/Catalogue Number  HWV 40 Librettist  Silvio Stampiglia (1664–1725)
Niccolò Minato (ca.1627–1698)
Number of Movements/Sections  3 acts Language  Italian
Dedication  Piece Style  Baroque
Year/Date of Composition  1737–38 Instrumentation  Solo voices, chorus, orchestra
Year of First Publication  Discuss this piece


Misc. Comments

Composed between 26 December 1737 and 14 February 1738, to an anonymous libretto after Silvio Stampiglia (1694), from Niccolo Minato (1654).

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