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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)
{{Editor|Michael Gibson|2006-01-29}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter|24|3000}}{{Copy|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 {{Cat|SATB}} rearrangement of choruses.


*<b>CPDL #10037:</b> Section-1 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/38/A&Ga.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] Section-2 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/e8/A&Gb.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] Section-3 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f4/A&Gc.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] Section-4 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/c/c5/A&Gd.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] Section-5 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/7/7a/A&Ge.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] Section-6 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/e4/A&Gf.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] Section-7 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/1/1d/A&Gg.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] Section-8 [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/a/a7/A&Gh.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/6f/AandGmidi.ZIP http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] <br>
===Excerpts===
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:Michael Gibson|Michael Gibson]] <i>(added 2006-01-29)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter, about 1.5 Mbytes, 12 Pgs each --> 1.48, 1.38, 1.45, 1.43, 1.72, 1.45, 1.37, 1.75 MBytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]]
*{{CPDLno|17685}} [{{website|artsong}}2008/handel-i-rage-i-melt-i-burn-o-ruddier-than-the-cherry/ {{net}}]  
:<b>Edition notes:</b> 8 PDF Sections make up complete score. MIDI files are zipped.
{{Contributor|David Newman|2008-07-23}} {{ScoreInfo|Letter|7|303}} {{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''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==
<b>Title:</b> <i>Acis and Galatea, HWV 49</i><br>
'''Title:''' ''Acis and Galatea, HWV 49''<br>
{{Composer|George Frideric Handel}}
{{Composer|George Frideric Handel}}
{{Lyricist|3|John Gay|Alexander Pope|John Hughes}}


<b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Voicing:</b>SATB with STTB solos<br>
{{Voicing|5|SATTB}} with {{cat|Solo STTB}}<br>
'''Soli:'''
'''Soli:'''
:''Galatea'' - soprano
:''Galatea'' - soprano
Line 16: Line 21:
:''Damon'' - tenor (treble in the 1718 version)
:''Damon'' - tenor (treble in the 1718 version)
:''Polyphemus'' - bass
:''Polyphemus'' - bass
:''Coridon'' - soprano (some versions only)
:''Coridon'' - tenor (1718 only)


'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[:Category:Operas|Opera]] <br>
{{Genre|Secular|Operas}}<br>
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
<b>Instruments: </b>{{OrchAcc}}<br>
{{Instruments|Orchestra}}
<b>Published: </b><br>
{{Pub|1| }}  


<b>Description:</b> <br>
'''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).


<b>External websites: </b>
'''External websites:'''
*[[Wikipedia:Acis and Galatea|Wikipedia article]]
*{{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://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://www.acisandgalatea.org/#!mozart-arrangement/c22lt More on Mozart version as staged by Mark Morris]


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
Libretto is available [http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/acis.htm here].
{{Text|English|
'''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!}}


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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

First published:

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:

Original text and translations

English.png 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!