Piano - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.MUSJC72199
Composed by George
Frideric Handel. Arranged
by Maurice Jacobson.
Classical. Book Only.
Composed 2015. 4 pages.
Curwen #MUSJC72199.
Published by Curwen
(BT.MUSJC72199).
English.
HandelÃ
¢â‚¬â„¢s opera Tolomeo
from 1728 was premiered
at the King’s
Theatre in London.
Exactly two hundred years
later, the celebrated art
song composer Arthur
Somervell adapted the
tune of one of the arias,
Non lo dirò col
labbro,withEnglish words
for the British drawing
room. The theme of
unrequited love remained
intact, but the two
composers’
handling of theme was
naturally different.This
arrangement has been
created for two-part
Voice, SA,
withPianoaccompaniment
that respects
Handel’s original
setting. More modern
audiences may have become
acquainted with the song
from the 1990’s
film Emma.
Arthur-Somervell
