Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Composition Year 1718, revised 1732
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Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Overture

 MIDI Performance
#357898 - 0.02MB - 2:57 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 359×⇩ - MID - Oboenils

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Oboenils (2014/12/25)

Publisher Info. Nils Jönsson
Performers Nils Jönsson
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#318860 - 54.95MB, 102 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4247×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2014/3/15)

Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, n.d.(ca.1743).
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 Complete Score
#18736 - 34.46MB, 151 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17713×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/13)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 3
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1858. Plate H.W. 3.
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Recitative and Aria: "Ye verdant plains; Hush, hush, ye pretty warbling quire" (No.3)

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#278632 - 0.14MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3571×⇩ - Rshann

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Rshann (2013/4/24)

Editor Richard Shann
Publisher. Info. Richard Shann
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Misc. Notes The opening recit and aria; music input using Denemo, typesetting by LilyPond
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Overture

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Oboenils (2014/12/25)

 Engraving files (Sibelius and MusicXML)
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Oboenils (2014/12/25)

Editor Nils Jönsson
Publisher. Info. Nils Jönsson
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Parts

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 Complete Parts
#106106 - 15.76MB, 64 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2234×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/6/20)

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (ca.1706-1773)
Johann Gottlieb Haußstädler (ca.1730-ca.1800)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1731-55).
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll. ; RISM 212001008
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Recitative and Aria: "Ye verdant plains; Hush, hush, ye pretty warbling quire" (No.3)

 Soprano solo
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Rshann (2013/4/24)

⇒ 4 more: Piccolo • Violins I • Violins II • Basso (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)

 Piccolo
#278633 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 826×⇩ - Rshann

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 Violins I
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Rshann (2013/4/24)

 Violins II
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Rshann (2013/4/24)

 Basso (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)
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Rshann (2013/4/24)

Editor Richard Shann
Publisher. Info. Richard Shann
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Misc. Notes The opening recit and aria; music input using Denemo, typesetting by LilyPond
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Overture

 Oboe 1
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 Oboe 2
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 Violins I/II
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 Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)
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Oboenils (2014/12/25)

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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#86382 - 25.96MB, 94 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9234×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/12/4)

Arranger Vincent Novello (1781-1861), piano reduction
Language English
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.(ca.1865).
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 Complete score
#250530 - 10.61MB, 120 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4058×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2012/9/14)

Editor Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer and Co., n.d.
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 Complete Score
#39716 - 5.32MB, 111 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6489×⇩ - operalala

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operalala (2009/9/20)

Language English / German
Publisher. Info. Germany: Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1880).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1965).Plate K 6208.
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Selections

 Complete Score
#257262 - 5.90MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1060×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2012/11/4)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: I. Walsh, n.d.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Some pages are engraved in a different (later 18th century) style, as though this is a later imprint of old plates with some replaced.
Contains numbers 3-8, 11-15, 16b, 17, 19, 23.
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 Aria: Love in her eyes sits playing (Act I)
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 Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Act II)
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Massenetique (2011/11/3)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909
Language English
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Vol.I: For High Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plates ML-1080-1081.
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 Recitative and Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Act II)
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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1118-7.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Voices, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Mozart)

 Damon's arias (Nos.5b and 15) - embellishments for the da capo (voice part)
#271161 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 783×⇩ - Wettgesang

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Wettgesang (2013/2/25)

Arranger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Editor Wettgesang
Language German
Translator Gottfried van Swieten (1733-1803), German text
Publisher. Info. Wettgesang
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Misc. Notes Nos.4, 12 in the Mozart arrangement
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For Piano solo (Rimbault)

 Airs and Choruses
#249416 - 7.23MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1043×⇩ - Timtin

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Timtin (2012/9/5)

Arranger Edward Francis Rimbault (1816-1876)
Publisher. Info. London: D'Almaine and Co., n.d.(ca.1850). Plate 13,455.
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General Information

Work Title Acis und Galatea
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Acis and Galatea; Ացիս և Գալատեա; Acis i Galatea (Händel); 아시스와 갈라테아; Acis y Galatea; Aci e Galatea; Acis ve Galatea; Acis és Galatea; Акид и Галатея; 阿西斯与加拉蒂亚; 阿西斯與加拉蒂亞; エイシスとガラテア; Acis and Galatea (Handel)
Name Aliases Acis e Galatea; Acis et Galatée
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 8440152140007311100004; GND: 300063970; BNF: 15610835z
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 49
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
  • Act I
1. Overture
2. Chorus: Oh the pleasure of the plains (Shepherds, Nymphs)
3. Recitative and Aria (Galatea)
a. Recitative: Ye verdant plains
b. Aria: Hush, hush, ye pretty warbling quire
4. Aria: Where shall I seek the charming fair (Acis)
5. Recitative and Aria (Damon)
a. Recitative: Stay, shepherd, stay
b. Aria: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing
6. Recitative and Aria (Acis)
a. Recitative: Lo! here my love
b. Aria: Love in her eyes sits playing
7. Recitative and Aria (Galatea)
a. Recitative: Oh! didst thou know the pains
b. Aria: As when the dove
8. Duet: Happy we (Acis, Galatea)
9. Chorus: Happy we (Shepherds, Nymphs)
  • Act II
10. Chorus: Wretched lovers (Shepherds, Nymphs)
11. Recitative: I rage, I melt (Polyphemus)
12. Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus)
13. Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running (Polyphemus)
14. Aria: Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus)
15. Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Damon)
16. Recitative and Aria (Acis)
a. Recitative: His hideous love provokes my rage
b. Aria: Love sounds th'alarm
17. Aria: Consider, fond shepherd (Damon)
18. Recitative: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea)
19. Trio: The flocks shall leave the mountains (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus)
20. Recitative: Help, Galatea (Acis)
21. Chorus: Mourn, all ye muses (Shepherds, Nymphs)
22. Solo with Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan (Galatea, Shepherds, Nymphs)
23. Recitative and Aria (Galatea)
a. Recitative: Tis done, thus I exert my pow'r divine
b. Aria: Heart, the seat of soft delight
24. Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears (Shepherds, Nymphs)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1718, revised 1732
Librettist John Gay (1685-1732)
with possible additions by John Hughes (1677-1720) and/or Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
after Ovid's Metamorphoses, xiii.
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Vocal soli
  • Galatea (soprano)
  • Acis (tenor)
  • Damon (tenor or soprano)
  • Polyphemus (bass)

Chorus

Shepherds and Nymphs

Orchestra

External Links Wikipedia article
Libretto (Naxos.com)
Acis and Galatea -  Scores at Sheet Music Plus
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