Publio Cornelio Scipione, HWV 20 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1726-03-02
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 tenor 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 strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For 3 trumpets (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); For 3 players (arr); For 2 horns (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 2 trumpets (arr); For trumpet, trombone (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Sinfonia in D Major (Act III, Scene 5)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#436403 - 1.97MB - 2:09 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 168×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/23)

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

 Complete Score
#19010 - 28.10MB, 154 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4542×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/17)

 Complete Score
#1024614 - 7.92MB, 139 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2026/3/18)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 71
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1877. Plate H.W. 71.
Reprinted Kalmus Miniature Score Series, No.1286
New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
Copyright
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Overture

 Complete Score
#210178 - 1.10MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 969×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2012/4/25)

Publisher. Info. Handel's Overtures in Score
London: I. Walsh, No. 676, n.d.
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Vocal Scores

Aria: Tutta raccolta ancor

 Complete Score (A minor)
#149332 - 0.39MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1091×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/10)

 Complete Score (G minor)
#338615 - 0.51MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 271×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/8/10)

Arranger Amelia Lehmann (1838–1903) as A.L.
Language English
Translator Theophilus Marzials (1850–1920), English text
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., 1895. Plate H. 1233.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The recitative which precedes this aria is taken from Giulio Cesare.
This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Aria: Scoglio d'immota fronte

 Complete Score
#431100 - 0.16MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1537×⇩ - Philip Lawton

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Philip Lawton (2016/7/21)

Editor Philip Lawton
Publisher. Info. Philip Lawton
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture

For Harpsichord

Addfilenum[1]

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

Ouverture-Suite

 Complete Parts
#108324 - 14.85MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 612×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/7)

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (ca.1706–1773)
Johann Gottlieb Morgenstern (1687–1763)
Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1725-40).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2410-N-7
Schrank II coll.
7 movements by Johann Friedrich Fasch follow the Ouverture.
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March (Act I, Scene 1)

For Strings (Johnson)

 Complete Score
#908726 - 2.18MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 187×⇩ - Kbjorch

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Kbjorch (2024/4/11)

Arranger Kathryn Burger Johnson
Publisher. Info. Kathryn Burger Johnson
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Misc. Notes Grade 1 (Beginning String Players)
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For 3 Trumpets (Searby)

 Complete Score
#1018430 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10×⇩ - Searbymike

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Searbymike (2026/2/12)

 Trumpet 1 (B♭)
#1018427 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7×⇩ - Searbymike

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Searbymike (2026/2/12)

 Trumpet 2 (B♭)
#1018428 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - Searbymike

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 Trumpet 3 (B♭)
#1018429 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - Searbymike

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Searbymike (2026/2/12)

Arranger Michael Searby (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info. Michael Searby, 2026.
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Misc. Notes Easy level
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For 2 Horns (Searby)

 Complete Score
#1017829 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Searbymike

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Searbymike (2026/2/9)

Arranger Michael Searby (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info. Michael Searby, 2026.
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Misc. Notes March: Easy level
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For 2 Trumpets (Searby)

 Complete Score
#1017574 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 12×⇩ - Searbymike

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Searbymike (2026/2/8)

Arranger Michael Searby (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info. Michael Searby, 2026.
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Misc. Notes March: easy level
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For Trumpet and Trombone (Searby)

 Complete Score
#1017839 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - Searbymike

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Searbymike (2026/2/9)

Arranger Michael Searby (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info. Michael Searby, 2026.
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Misc. Notes March: Easy level
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For Organ (Leber)

 Complete Score
#318806 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3616×⇩ - Dleber

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Dleber (2014/3/15)

Arranger Dieter Leber
Publisher. Info. Dieter Leber
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For Organ (Best)

 Complete Score
#474835 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 101×⇩ - Keanur

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Keanur (2017/6/6)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.2 (pp.520)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Transposed in E-flat major.
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 Complete Score
#916247 - 0.90MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 218×⇩ - Alex'Not

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Alex'Not (2024/5/26)

Arranger William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
Editor Alain Brunet
Publisher. Info. Alex'Not, 2024.
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Misc. Notes fac-simile "moderne" : gravure identique à l'original
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Aria: Dimmi cara (Act I. Sc. 7 No. 16)

For Harpsichord solo (Prelleur)

 Complete Score
#141998 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1038×⇩ - editor

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Arranger Peter Prelleur (1705–1741)
Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2005
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From The Modern Musick-Master, VI. The Harpsichord Illustrated and Improv’d (1731).
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Sinfonia in D Major (Act III, Scene 5)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#436401 - 0.19MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 507×⇩ - Michrond

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 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#436402 - 0.52MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 149×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/23)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
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Lamentandomi corro a volo

For Piano (Duncan)

 Complete Score
#548400 - 0.12MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 259×⇩ - Parsonstreet

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Parsonstreet (2018/11/7)

Arranger Andrew Paul Duncan (b. 1976)
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Libretti

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1726)
#760454 - 0.19MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 126×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian Text (1726)
#766024 - 0.15MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 72×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English Translation (1726)
#766025 - 0.17MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 69×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1726 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

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

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General Information

Work Title Scipione
Alternative. Title Publio Cornelio Scipione
Name Translations Σκιπίων (όπερα του Χέντελ)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174951550; LCCN: n86001629; GND: 1051510376; SELIBR: 171619; BNF: 13976281d
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 20
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 411
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1726-03-02
First Performance. 1726-3-12 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
  • Scipio : Antonio Baldi (alto-castrato)
  • Lucejo : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
  • Berenice : Francesca Cuzzoni (soprano)
  • Lelio : Luigi Antinori (tenor)
  • Ernando : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass)
  • Armira : Livia Costantini, called "La Polacchina" (soprano)
Librettist Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687–1765), after Antonio Salvi, 1704
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Scipione, commander of the Roman army (alto castrato)
Lucejo, Spanish prince, in disguise in the Roman army (alto castrato)
Lelio, Roman general (tenor)
Berenice, prisoner (soprano)
Armira, prisoner (soprano)
Ernando, King of the Balearic Islands and father to Berenice (bass)

Orchestra

2 recorders, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, [bassoon]
2 horns, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information The 1730/11/03 revival included 2 new arias for Fabri.
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