Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1715
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Italian language; For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); For 5 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 5 players (arr); For trumpet, harpsichord, strings (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For strings with soloists (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Accompaniments

For Voice and Piano (Valls)

 Aria: Sento la gioia
#446745 - 6.92MB - 4:59 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 289×⇩ - MP3 - Free Pianist

MP3 file (audio)
Free Pianist (2016/11/9)

Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info. Héctor Valls
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Piano accompaniment only
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Synthesized/MIDI

Pena tiranna io sento al core (Act II, Sc.5)

For 5 Recorders (Tennent)

 Synthesized Performance
#606841 - 0.02MB - 4:21 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 136×⇩ - MID - Rdtennent

MID file (audio/video)
Rdtennent (2020/1/23)

Publisher Info. R.D. Tennent
Performers PhotoScore
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection. Transposed to A minor.
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Vanne lungi dal mio petto (Act III, Sc.2)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#434097 - 1.36MB - 1:29 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 93×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/7)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#434098 - 1.52MB - 1:40 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 119×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/7)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#18982 - 21.07MB, 114 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9169×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Complete Score
#1022429 - 6.13MB, 104 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 0×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2026/3/5)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 62
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1874. Plate H.W. 62.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Selections

 Complete Score
#792972 - 55.11MB, 174 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 72×⇩ - Royal College o...

PDF scanned by Royal College of Music Library
Royal College o... (2022/6/28)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 902
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S'estinto è l'idol mio (Act II)

 Complete Score
#885923 - 4.85MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2023/11/29)

Language English
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Oriana's aria "S'estinto è l'idol mio", to the English words of Psalm 13. Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 666/8
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Parts

 Complete Parts
#108190 - 14.65MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1269×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/5)

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (c.1706–1773)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1731-55).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-14
Schrank II coll.
Includes the Sommeille from Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:C6 by Telemann.
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Vocal Scores

Tu mia speranza (Act II)

 Complete Score
#147572 - 0.30MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2120×⇩ - Massenetique

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Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Oliver Ditson Company, No. 1905, Boston.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture

For Harpsichord

Addfilenum[1]

See: 65 Keyboard Pieces, D-Dl Mus.1-T-6

Pena tiranna io sento al core (Act II, Sc.5)

For 5 Recorders (Tennent)

 Complete Score
#606839 - 0.06MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 838×⇩ - Rdtennent

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Rdtennent (2020/1/23)

 Complete Parts
#606840 - 0.15MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 372×⇩ - Rdtennent

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Arranger R.D. Tennent
Publisher. Info. R.D. Tennent
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection. Transposed to A minor.
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Vanne lungi dal mio petto (Act III, Sc.2)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Parts
#434093 - 0.30MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 560×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/7)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#434094 - 0.90MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 154×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/7)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#434095 - 0.15MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 728×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/7)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#434096 - 0.42MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 170×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/7)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
Copyright
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto
#762224 - 0.17MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 174×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian Text (1715)
#764676 - 0.14MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 97×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English Translation (1715)
#764677 - 0.15MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 73×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/2/17)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The 1711 Audience Libretto transcribed and lightly modified for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more exactly copied for study purposes.

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Other

Ch'io lasci mai d'amare il caro mio tesoro (Act II)

 Extract
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 Extract (detailed image)
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Copyist Richard Phelps (1710–1785)
Publisher. Info. Portrait of a Gentleman, Half-Length, Before Open Sheet Music
Oil on canvas, n.d.
Copyright
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General Information

Work Title Amadigi di Gaula
Alternative. Title Amadis
Name Translations Amadigi; Άμαδις της Γαλατίας
Name Aliases Amadigi in Gaula; Amadigi di gaula
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179459086; LCCN: n85269449; GND: 300064160; BNF: 139131381
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 11
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 59
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1715
First Performance. 1715-5-25 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Nicolo Grimaldi called "Nicolini" (Amadigi)
Anastasia Robinson (Oriana)
Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti, called "Pilotti" (Melissa)
Diana Vico (Dardano)
Caterina Galerati? (Orgando)
Librettist Nicola Francesco Haym or Giacomo Rossi
after Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672–1731)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 3 sopranos, 2 altos, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Amadigi (alto-castrato)
Oriana (soprano)
Melissa (soprano)
Dardano (contralto)
Orgando (soprano)

Orchestra

2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, trumpet, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
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