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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{CPDLno|10037}} pp. 1-26: [[Media:A&G_a-b.pdf|{{pdf}}]] pp. 27-50: [[Media:A&G_c-d.pdf|{{pdf}}]] pp. 51-74: [[Media:A&G_e-f.pdf|{{pdf}}]] pp. 75-100: [[Media:A&G_g-h.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:AandGmidi.ZIP|{{Zip}}]] (MIDI) | |||
*{{CPDLno|10037}} | {{Editor|Michael Gibson|2006-01-29}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter|24|3000}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
{{Editor|Michael Gibson|2006-01-29}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter||}} | :'''Edition notes:''' 4 PDF Sections make up complete vocal score (page numbers at bottom, musical numbers at top of page). MIDI files are zipped. Based on Joseph Barnby's {{Cat|SATB}} rearrangement of choruses. | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' | |||
==Excerpts== | ===Excerpts=== | ||
*{{CPDLno|17685}} [{{website|artsong}}2008/handel-i-rage-i-melt-i-burn-o-ruddier-than-the-cherry/ {{net}}] | *{{CPDLno|17685}} [{{website|artsong}}2008/handel-i-rage-i-melt-i-burn-o-ruddier-than-the-cherry/ {{net}}] | ||
{{ | {{Contributor|David Newman|2008-07-23}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter|7|303}} {{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Edition in G Minor, piano reduction by [[Ebenezer Prout]]<br> | :'''Edition notes:''' ''recit. & aria for {{Cat|Solo Bass|bass:}}'' "I Rage, I Melt / O Ruddier than the Cherry" Edition in G Minor, {{Cat|Keyboard version|piano reduction}} by [[Ebenezer Prout]]<br> | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Acis and Galatea, HWV 49''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Acis and Galatea, HWV 49''<br> | ||
{{Composer|George Frideric Handel}} | {{Composer|George Frideric Handel}} | ||
{{Lyricist|3|John Gay|Alexander Pope|John Hughes}} | |||
{{Voicing|5|SATTB}} with {{cat|Solo STTB}}<br> | {{Voicing|5|SATTB}} with {{cat|Solo STTB}}<br> | ||
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:''Damon'' - tenor (treble in the 1718 version) | :''Damon'' - tenor (treble in the 1718 version) | ||
:''Polyphemus'' - bass | :''Polyphemus'' - bass | ||
:''Coridon'' - | :''Coridon'' - tenor (1718 only) | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Operas}} <br> | {{Genre|Secular|Operas}}<br> | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|Orchestra}} | {{Instruments|Orchestra}} | ||
{{Published|}} | |||
'''Description:''' | '''Description:''' There are quite a few incarnations of this work: the serenata/cantata for 3 singers ''Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'' (HWV 72) was written in 1708. Handel wrote completely new music for the serenade/masque ''Acis and Galatea'' in 1717-18 for 5 singers (published 1722). In 1732 he made a 3 act version borrowing some music from ''Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'' as well as other Italian works (and dropping the role of Coridon), and in 1739 he reworked the 1718 version into 2 acts. The 1732 version continued to be revised through 1741. Mozart adapted the work in 1788 (K. 566). | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
*[{{website|artsong}}2008/handel-i-rage-i-melt-i-burn-o-ruddier-than-the-cherry/ Entry at "Art Song Central" for | *{{IMSLP2|Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (Handel, George Frideric)}} | ||
*[{{website|artsong}}2008/handel-i-rage-i-melt-i-burn-o-ruddier-than-the-cherry/ Entry at "Art Song Central" for "O ruddier". ] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acis_and_Galatea Wikipedia's entry for "Acis and Galatea". ] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acis_and_Galatea Wikipedia's entry for "Acis and Galatea". ] | ||
*[http://www.musicassociatesofamerica.com/news/acis.html Synopsis | *[http://www.musicassociatesofamerica.com/news/acis.html Synopsis] and [http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/acis.htm Libretto] of the opera "Acis and galatea". | ||
*[http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/0001/bsb00016728/images/ complete scanned score of Chrysander edition] from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. | *[http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/0001/bsb00016728/images/ complete scanned score of Chrysander edition] from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. | ||
*[http://www.acisandgalatea.org/#!mozart-arrangement/c22lt More on Mozart version as staged by Mark Morris] | |||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English| | |||
{{Text|English | |||
'''Recit:''' | '''Recit:''' | ||
:I rage, I rage, I melt, I burn! | :I rage, I rage, I melt, I burn! | ||
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:No lily has such lustre; | :No lily has such lustre; | ||
:Yet hard to tame as raging flame, | :Yet hard to tame as raging flame, | ||
:And fierce as storms that bluster! | :And fierce as storms that bluster!}} | ||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Arias]] | [[Category:Arias]] | ||
[[Category:Baroque music]] | [[Category:Baroque music]] |
Revision as of 06:29, 20 April 2018
Music files
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- Editor: Michael Gibson (submitted 2006-01-29). Score information: Letter, 24 pages, 2.93 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: 4 PDF Sections make up complete vocal score (page numbers at bottom, musical numbers at top of page). MIDI files are zipped. Based on Joseph Barnby's SATB rearrangement of choruses.
Excerpts
- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-23). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 303 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: recit. & aria for bass: "I Rage, I Melt / O Ruddier than the Cherry" Edition in G Minor, piano reduction by Ebenezer Prout
General Information
Title: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Lyricists: John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Hughes
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
with Solo STTB
Soli:
- Galatea - soprano
- Acis - tenor
- Damon - tenor (treble in the 1718 version)
- Polyphemus - bass
- Coridon - tenor (1718 only)
Language: English
Instruments: Orchestra
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: There are quite a few incarnations of this work: the serenata/cantata for 3 singers Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72) was written in 1708. Handel wrote completely new music for the serenade/masque Acis and Galatea in 1717-18 for 5 singers (published 1722). In 1732 he made a 3 act version borrowing some music from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo as well as other Italian works (and dropping the role of Coridon), and in 1739 he reworked the 1718 version into 2 acts. The 1732 version continued to be revised through 1741. Mozart adapted the work in 1788 (K. 566).
External websites:
- Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (George Frideric Handel) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
- Entry at "Art Song Central" for "O ruddier".
- Wikipedia's entry for "Acis and Galatea".
- Synopsis and Libretto of the opera "Acis and galatea".
- complete scanned score of Chrysander edition from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
- More on Mozart version as staged by Mark Morris
Original text and translations
English text
Recit:
I rage, I rage, I melt, I burn!
The feeble god has stabbed me to the heart.
Thou trusty pine, prop of my god-like steps,
I lay thee by!
Bring me a hundred reeds of decent growth,
to make a pipe for my capacious mouth;
in soft enchanting accents
let me breathe sweet Galatea’s beauty, and my love.
Aria:
O ruddier than the cherry,
O sweeter than the berry,
O nymph more bright than moonshine night,
Like kidlings blithe and merry!
Ripe as the melting cluster,
No lily has such lustre;
Yet hard to tame as raging flame,
And fierce as storms that bluster!