Care Selve (George Frideric Handel)

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• CPDL #17683:

Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-23).   Score information: 25.6 x 34 cm, 8 pages, 707 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Lyrics in Italian and English - English translation by Dr. Theodore Baker. Edition in A Major.

General Information

Title: Care Selve, HWV 35
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Lyricist: Belisario Valeriani^{create page}
Larger work: Atalanta

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: Italian
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1736

Description:

External websites:

• Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song
• Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• Synopsis of the opera, "Atalanta"
• complete scanned score of the opera, "Atalanta" from IMSLP
• "Handel and the Italian Opera"

Original text and translations

Italian text

Care selve, ombre beate,

vengo in traccia del mio cor!