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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{CPDLno|10037}} Contents & notes-p14: [{{filepath:A&Ga.pdf}} {{pdf}}] pp15-26 (#2 cont. - #7): [{{filepath:A&Gb.pdf}} {{pdf}}] pp27-38: [{{filepath:A&Gc.pdf}} {{pdf}}] pp39-50: [{{filepath:A&Gd.pdf}} {{pdf}}] pp51-62: [{{filepath:A&Ge.pdf}} {{pdf}}] pp63-74: [{{filepath:A&Gf.pdf}} {{pdf}}] pp75-86: [{{filepath:A&Gg.pdf}} {{pdf}}] Section-8 [{{filepath:A&Gh.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:AandGmidi.ZIP}} {{mid}}]<br>
*{{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)
{{Editor|Michael Gibson|2006-01-29}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter||}} (each is 12 pages, 1.48, 1.38, 1.45, 1.43, 1.72, 1.45, 1.37, 1.75 Mbytes respectively) {{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|Michael Gibson|2006-01-29}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter|24|3000}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' 8 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:''' 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.


==Excerpts==
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*{{CPDLno|17685}} [{{website|artsong}}2008/handel-i-rage-i-melt-i-burn-o-ruddier-than-the-cherry/ {{net}}] ''recit. & aria for {{Cat|Solo Bass|bass:}}''  "I Rage, I Melt / O Ruddier than the Cherry"
*{{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}}
{{Contributor|David Newman|2008-07-23}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter|7|303}} {{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Edition in G Minor, {{Cat|Keyboard version|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==
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{{Language|English}}
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{{Instruments|Orchestra}}
'''Published:'''
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'''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).
'''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).

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  • CPDL #10037:  pp. 1-26:   pp. 27-50:   pp. 51-74:   pp. 75-100:   (MIDI)
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

  • CPDL #17685:  Network.png
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)

Genre: SecularOpera

Language: English
Instruments: Orchestra

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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).

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Original text and translations

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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!