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| ==Music files==
| | #REDIRECT [[Samson, HWV 57 (George Frideric Handel)]] |
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| *{{NewWork|2009-12-23}} '''CPDL #20640:''' [{{filepath:Awake_the_Trumpet's_Lofty_Sound_II.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Awake_the_Trumpet's_Lofty_Sound_II.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Awake_the_Trumpet's_Lofty_Sound_II.cap}} Capella]
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| {{Editor|James Gibb|2009-12-23}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|34}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
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| :'''Edition notes:'''
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| ==General Information==
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| {{Title|''Awake the trumpet's lofty sound'', II|[[Samson, HWV 57 (George Frideric Handel)|''Samson'', HWV 57]]}}
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| {{Composer|George Frideric Handel}}
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| {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
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| {{Genre|Secular|Oratorios}}
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| {{Language|English}}
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| '''Instruments:''' {{KbdAcc}}<br>
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| '''Published:''' 1743
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| '''Description:''' Samson was first performed in 1743 in London. Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, who based it on Milton's Samson Agonistes.
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| '''External websites:'''
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| ==Original text and translations==
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| {{Text|English}}
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| <poem>Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound;
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| The joyful sacred festival comes round,
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| When Dagon, king of all the earth, is crown’d.
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| </poem>
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| [[Category:Sheet music]]
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| [[Category:Baroque music]]
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