Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (George Frideric Handel)
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- CPDL #10037: Contents & notes-p14 pp15-26 (#2 cont. - #7) Section-3 Section-4 Section-5 Section-6 Section-7 Section-8
- Editor: Michael Gibson (submitted 2006-01-29). Score information: Letter (each is 12 pages, 1.48, 1.38, 1.45, 1.43, 1.72, 1.45, 1.37, 1.75 Mbytes respectively) Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: 8 PDF Sections make up complete vocal score. 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: Edition in G Minor, piano reduction by Ebenezer Prout
General Information
Title: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
with Solo STTB
Soli:
- Galatea - soprano
- Acis - tenor
- Damon - tenor (treble in the 1718 version)
- Polyphemus - bass
- Coridon - soprano (some versions only)
Language: English
Instruments: Orchestra
Published:
Description:
External websites:
- Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song.
- Wikipedia's entry for "Acis and Galatea".
- Synopsis of the opera, "Acis and Galatea".
- Libretto of the opera "Acis and galatea".
- complete scanned score of Chrysander edition from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
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!