Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89 (George Frideric Handel)

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  • (Posted 2012-03-26)  CPDL #25283:        (Sibelius 6)
Editor: Alex Bazhenov (submitted 2012-01-04).   Score information: A4, 2 pages   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: First recit and aria only, transposed down a tone.
This CPDL edition is incomplete, either movements have not yet been edited or accompaniment is omitted.
"Incomplete" here does not refer to the original composition; works left unfinished by the composer are categorised elsewhere.

General Information

Title: Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: ST
Genre: Secular, Cantata

Language: Italian
Instruments: String ensemble

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Cecilia, volgi un sguardo
verso il suolo Britanno,
e scorgerai che con sonori accenti
rinnova in questo giorno
del nome tuo si caro
la gradita memoria,
per celebrar della Virtu la gloria.

La Virtute e un vero nume
del mortal nel basso mondo.

Chi si scosta dal suo lume
va dell'ombre nel profondo.
 

 
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