Solo voices, choir,
orchestra (3 Soprano
Voice Solo, 3Alto Voice
Solo, Tenor Voice Solo,
Bass Voice Solo, Mixed
choir: SATTB,
Flauti1(Fl-picc,
recorder1, Fl), Flauti2
(Fl-picc, recorder2 ,
Fl), 2 Ob, 2 Hn, Trp, 2
V, Va, Bassi(Vc, double
bass,
bassoon)Continuo(Erzlaute
, harpisc., Org))
SKU:
BA.BA10700
Serenade in three
parts. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Artie Heinrich.
This edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. Halle Handel
Edition (HHA) I, 9.2. 2nd
version. Complete
edition, Score. HWV 49.
Duration 1 hour, 20
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA10700_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA10700).
ISBN 9790006550135. 33
x 26 cm inches. Text
Language: English,
Italian. Preface:
Heinrich, Artie. Text:
Gay, John / Hughes, John
/ Pope, Alexander /
Giuvo,
Nicola.
Handel set
the myth about the love
of the shepherd Acis for
the sea nymph Galatea
from Ovid’s
“Metamorphosesâ€
a total of three
times: in the cantata
“Aci, Galatea e
Polifemo†HWV 72
(1708), the masque
“Acis and
Galatea†HWV 49a
(1718) and finally the
pasticcio-like serenata
“Acis and
Galatea†HWV 49b
(1732) of which the
original version is now
made available in its
complete form for the
first time.
A
particular charm is
provided by the use of
two languages in the
serenata. The work was
originally conceived in
English, as was required
for the first
performance. However,
Handel’s Italian
singers were criticised
for their poor command of
English, – so in
the end, many numbers
were sung in Italian.
The extensive
appendix to the vocal
score includes the
additional arias and
newly composed movements
for the versions used in
the 1734 and 1736
performances.
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