Berenice, HWV 38 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1736-12-18 to 1737-1-27
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For 7 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 4 voices (arr); For unaccompanied voices (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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For 4 Recorders (Tennent)

 Largo
#468194 - 0.00MB - 1:24 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 261×⇩ - MID - Rdtennent

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Rdtennent (2017/4/21)

 Allegro
#468195 - 0.01MB - 2:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 183×⇩ - MID - Rdtennent

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Rdtennent (2017/4/21)

 Andante Larghetto
#468196 - 0.01MB - 2:38 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 190×⇩ - MID - Rdtennent

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Rdtennent (2017/4/21)

 Gigue
#468197 - 0.01MB - 1:55 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 152×⇩ - MID - Rdtennent

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Rdtennent (2017/4/21)

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.
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For Organ (Gouin)

 1. Andante-Larghetto
2. Gigue
#317709 - 0.02MB - 4:49 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 235×⇩ - MID - Keanur

MID file (audio/video)
Keanur (2014/3/4)

Publisher Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2014
Performers MIDI file by Pierre Gouin
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#971644 - 14.04MB, 84 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2025/5/18)

Publisher. Info. London: John Walsh, No. 619, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#63004 - 16.11MB, 110 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2950×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2008/7/18)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 90
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1883. Plate H.W. 90.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Originally scanned at 300dpi grayscale, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
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Aria: Sì, tra i ceppi

 Complete Score
#840199 - 0.28MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 64×⇩ - Homerdundas

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Homerdundas (2023/2/15)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 90
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1883. Plate H.W. 90.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes From appendix B, measure numbers added, see below for orchestra parts.
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Parts

Overture

For the first edition of the Overture, published by Walsh, see Overtures (Handel, George Frideric)

 Complete Parts
#107038 - 9.17MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 716×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/6/26)

Copyist Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
Copyist S-Dl-141
Copyist S-Dl-142
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1737-55).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-46
Schrank II coll.
Possibly missing Oboes.
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Aria: Sì, tra i ceppi

 Violins
#840200 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 119×⇩ - Homerdundas

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 Cellos/Basses
#840201 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 80×⇩ - Homerdundas

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 Engraving files (Lilypond)
#840202 - 0.00MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 68×⇩ - Homerdundas

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Homerdundas (2023/2/15)

Editor Homer Seywerd
Publisher. Info. Homerdundas
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Typeset from above Händels Werke. Band 90.
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Vocal Scores

Aria: Sì, tra i ceppi

 Complete Score
#147577 - 0.31MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5005×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

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.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1134-5.
Copyright
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 Complete Score (EU)
#961818 - 2.20MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/56/C - 116×⇩ - Gealachmoon

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Gealachmoon (2025/3/20)

Editor Bernard Taylor (1897–1987), complier
Translator Theodore Baker (1851–1934)
Publisher. Info. Great Art Songs of Three Centuries
New York: G. Schirmer, 1960. Plate 44672.
Copyright
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For 4 Recorders (Tennent)

 Largo, Allegro, Andante larghetto, Gigue
#468193 - 0.09MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1047×⇩ - Rdtennent

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Rdtennent (2017/4/21)

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.
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For Organ (Gouin)

 1. Andante-Larghetto (Minuet); 2. Gigue
#130552 - 0.14MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2983×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

Arranger Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2009
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Overture

For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Bartoli/Lang)

 Complete Score and Parts
#558903 - 0.25MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 530×⇩ - Peter Lang

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Peter Lang (2019/1/28)

Arranger Russ Bartoli
Editor Peter Lang
Publisher. Info. Peter Lang, 2018.
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Andante-Larghetto (Minuet)

For Orchestra (Baynes)

 Flute 1/2
#509473 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 111×⇩ - Tkightley

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Tkightley (2018/1/18)

⇒ 15 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1/2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1/2 • Horn 1/2 (F) • Trumpet 1/2 (or Cornet 1/2) (B♭) • Trombone 1/2 • Bass Trombone • Timpani • Violin obbligato • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cello Obligato • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe
#509474 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 64×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Clarinet 1/2 (B♭)
#509475 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 60×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Bassoon 1/2
#509476 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 51×⇩ - Tkightley

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Tkightley (2018/1/18)

 Horn 1/2 (F)
#509477 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 53×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Trumpet 1/2 (or Cornet 1/2) (B♭)
#509478 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 57×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Trombone 1/2
#509479 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 57×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Bass Trombone
#509480 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 53×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Timpani
#509481 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 47×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Violin obbligato
#509483 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 67×⇩ - Tkightley

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Tkightley (2018/1/18)

 Violins I
#509482 - 0.11MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 80×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Violins II
#509484 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 58×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Violas
#509485 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 53×⇩ - Tkightley

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Tkightley (2018/1/18)

 Cello Obligato
#516183 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 60×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Cellos
#509486 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 54×⇩ - Tkightley

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 Basses
#509487 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 53×⇩ - Tkightley

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Tkightley (2018/1/18)

Arranger Sydney Baynes (1879-1938)
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., 1924. Plate H. 11266.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Minuet from 'Berenice'
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For Strings (Best)

 Complete Parts
#648992 - 1.68MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 54×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d. Plate 24733.
Copyright
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For Organ (Best)

 Complete Score
#491475 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 98×⇩ - Keanur

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Keanur (2017/9/3)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.3 (pp.625-626)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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For Piano (Baynes)

 Complete Score
#509488 - 0.15MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 354×⇩ - Tkightley

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Tkightley (2018/1/18)

Arranger Sydney Baynes (1879–1938)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello & Company Ltd., 1924. Plate H. 11266.
Copyright
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 Piano-Conductor Score
#509488 - 0.15MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/V - 354×⇩ - Tkightley

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Tkightley (2018/3/20)

Arranger Sydney Baynes (1879–1938)
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1924. Plate H.11266.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Minuet, only
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Now on land and sea descending

For 4 Voices (Chambers)

 Complete Score
#594703 - 1.36MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/38 - 20×⇩ - Phillip21

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Arranger Herbert Arthur Chambers (1880–1967)
Publisher. Info. Novello's Part-Song Book (Second Series), No.1483
London: Novello & Co. Ltd., n.d.[1934]. Plate 16101.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From uploader's collection. Arrangement is for SATB.
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1737)
#761938 - 0.19MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 152×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (1737)
#770759 - 0.14MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 66×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1737)
#770760 - 0.17MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 108×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/3/17)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The 1737 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more exact transcripts for study purposes.

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General Information

Work Title Berenice
Alternative. Title Berenice, regina d'Egitto
Name Translations Βερενίκη
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 180910764; LCCN: no2007088950; GND: 30006425X; BNF: 139131350
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 38
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 85
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1736-12-18 to 1737-1-27
First Performance. 1737-5-18 in London, Covent Garden Theatre
    • Berenice: Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano)
    • Selene: Francesca Bertolli (contralto)
    • Alessandro: Gioacchino Conti, called "Gizziello" (soprano-castrato)
    • Demetrio: Domenico Annibali (alto-castrato)
    • Arsace: Maria Caterina Negri (contralto)
    • Fabio: John Beard (tenor)
    • Aristobolo: Henry Theodore Reinhold (bass)
First Publication. 1737 ?
Librettist Antonio Salvi (1664–1724)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 2 sopranos, 3 altos, tenor, bass, orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Adapted from Salvi's Berenice, regina d’Egitto (1709).
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