Faramondo, HWV 39 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1737/11/15 - 1737/12/24
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For 8 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Italian language; For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr); For voices, piano (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For voices with keyboard (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

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Prelude (Act I, Sc.6)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#440274 - 2.13MB - 2:20 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 74×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/9/23)

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 (without recit.)
#81491 - 17.24MB, 55 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1282×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2010/10/13)

Editor John Walsh
Publisher. Info. London: J. Walsh, n.d.(1738).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#19084 - 26.73MB, 138 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1933×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

 Complete Score (Preview)
#63005 - 20.93MB, 135 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1329×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2010/5/1)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 91
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1884. Plate H.W. 91.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Originally scanned at 300dpi grayscale, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
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Parts

Ouverture

 Complete Parts
#107037 - 9.71MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 323×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/6/26)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
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For the first edition of the Overture, published by Walsh, see Overtures (Handel, George Frideric)

Vocal Scores

Selections

 Aria: Si tornero a morir
#879989 - 4.43MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2023/10/13)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 2254
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prelude (Act I, Sc.6)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#440272 - 0.17MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 193×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/23)

 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#440273 - 0.44MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 66×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/23)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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For Voices and Piano (Banck)

 Duet: Vado e vivo
#645074 - 2.12MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - PMac

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PMac (2020/9/5)

Arranger Carl Banck (1809-1889)
Language Italian / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 4264.
Copyright
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (January 1738)
#761939 - 0.23MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 56×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/2/3)

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (May 1738 revival)
#762207 - 0.22MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 34×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (January 1738)
#770761 - 0.18MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 33×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/3/17)

 English translation (January 1738)
#770762 - 0.16MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 20×⇩ - 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 #761939: The January 1738 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more exact transcripts for study purposes.
#762207: As above but with omissions and additions in the May 1738 revival. This is the text used in 2 recordings.

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General Information

Work Title Faramondo
Alternative. Title Pharamond
Name Translations Фарамонд (опера)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 184980067; LCCN: no2009165256; GND: 300919018; BNF: 158202544
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 39
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 174
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1737/11/15 - 1737/12/24
First Performance. 1738-1-3 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
  • Faramondo : Gaetano Majorano, called "Caffarelli" (soprano-castrato)
  • Clotilde : Elisabeth Duparc, called "La Francesina" (soprano)
  • Rosimonda : Maria Antonia Marchesini, called "La Lucchesina" (alto)
  • Gustavo : Antonio Montagnana (bass)
  • Adolfo : Margherita Chimenti, called "La Droghierina" (soprano)
  • Gernando : Antonia Maria Merighi (contralto)
  • Teobaldo : Antonio Lottini (bass)
  • Childerico : William Savage (boy soprano)
Librettist ?; After Apostolo Zeno, 1720
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 4 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 basses, orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article
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