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Turn not, O Queen, thy face away (George Frideric Handel)
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- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-25). Score information: Letter, 2 pages Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Edition in D Minor.
General Information
Title: Turn not, O Queen, thy face away
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Lyricist: John Arbuthnot
Lyricist: Alexander Pope
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Bass Solo
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: Recitative and Aria from the oratorio "Ester" (HWV50) - 1732.
Description: Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther".
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Original text and translations
English text
Turn not, O Queen, thy face away,
Behold me prostrate on the ground!
O speak, his growing fury stay,
Let mercy in thy sight be found!
