Il pastor fido, HWV 8a (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For 6 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; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (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)
Related Works For the later (1734) versions, including the ballet "Terpsicore", see Il pastor fido, HWV 8b/c

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Prelude (Act 1, Scene 6)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#433193 - 2.72MB - 2:58 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 83×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/3)

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
#433194 - 2.72MB - 2:58 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 58×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/3)

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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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#18976 - 14.51MB, 88 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4283×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2026/3/8)

 Complete Score
#1023012 - 4.48MB, 78 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2026/3/8)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 59
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1876. Plate H.W. 59.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes "Chrysander's edition of the 1712 version is generally reliable except for matters of detail (though it does not indicate that the aria 'Ho un non so che nel cor' for Dorinda in Act 3 is an addition – surely an unhappy one – probably made during the 1712 run" (Source: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera)
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Parts

Overture

 Complete Parts
#108239 - 20.92MB, 88 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 601×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/6)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1712-50).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-F-13
Schrank II coll.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture

For Harpsichord

Addfilenum[1]

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

Prelude (Act 1, Scene 6)

For Trumpet, Harpsichord and Strings (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Parts
#433188 - 0.28MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 381×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/3)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#433189 - 0.88MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 72×⇩ - Michrond

ZIP typeset by arranger
Michrond (2016/8/3)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
Copyright
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#433190 - 0.16MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 317×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/3)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#433191 - 0.43MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 73×⇩ - Michrond

ZIP typeset by arranger
Michrond (2016/8/3)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
Copyright
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Librettos

 Complete Libretto (Italian/English)
#759274 - 0.15MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 104×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/2/17)

 Italian text (1712)
#764670 - 0.12MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 45×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1712)
#764673 - 0.14MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 40×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/2/17)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The 1712 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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General Information

Work Title Il pastor fido
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Верный пастух; «Il pastor fido» vom Georg Friedrich Händel; Ο πιστός ποιμένας
Name Aliases Верный пастух (опера); Il Pastor Fido; HWV 8
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 192573382; LCCN: n85389868; GND: 300065469; BNF: 139137093; NLA: 35861643
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 8a
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 392
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
First Performance. 1712-10-24 in London, Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket
Librettist Giacomo Rossi, after Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538–1612), 1585.
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 3 sopranos, 2 altos, bass, orchestra
Related Works For the later (1734) versions, including the ballet "Terpsicore", see Il pastor fido, HWV 8b/c
External Links Wikipedia article
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