Serse, HWV 40 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1737–38 (26 December 1737 to 14 February 1738)
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Italian language; For oboe, English horn, bass oboe, bassoon (arr); For 4 players (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the English horn (arr); Scores featuring the bass oboe (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For violin, piano, harmonium (arr); For 3 players (arr); Scores featuring the harmonium (arr); For harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); for violin, harmonium and piano (arr); For flugelhorn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba (arr); Scores featuring the flugelhorn (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); Scores featuring the tuba (arr); For 5 players (arr); For 4 violins (arr); For flute, violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For voice, guitar (arr); For voices with solo instruments (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For piano (arr)

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Performances

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Aria: Ombra mai fù (Act I)

For Flugelhorn, 2 Trumpets, Trombone and Tuba (Székelyhidi)

 MIDI performance
#216499 - 0.01MB - 2:04 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2501×⇩ - MID - wrshannon

MID file (audio/video)
wrshannon (2012/5/7)

Publisher Info. Vilmos Székelyhidi
Performers Vilmos Székelyhidi
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Virtual performance
#222108 - 1.84MB - 2:00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2245×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2012/5/21)

 Virtual performance
#222109 - 0.01MB - 1:55 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 848×⇩ - MID - Michrond

MID file (audio/video)
Michrond (2012/5/21)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score (Preview)
#19086 - 10.41MB, 127 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22312×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

 Complete Score
#63006 - 19.02MB, 129 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17374×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2010/5/1)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 92
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1884. Plate H.W. 92.
Copyright
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Overture

 Complete Score
#105116 - 1.20MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5336×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/6/12)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
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Aria: Ombra mai fù (Act I)

 Orchestral Score
#36828 - 0.40MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29778×⇩ - operalala

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operalala (2009/8/11)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 92
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1884. Plate H.W. 92.
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Parts

Complete

 Flute 1, 2
#56424 - 0.36MB, 6 (3, 3) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 2629×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2010/2/18)

⇒ 8 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Bassoon • Horn 1, 2 • Trumpet (in D) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)

 Oboe 1, 2
#56425 - 1.12MB, 18 (9, 9) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 1711×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 Bassoon
#56426 - 0.76MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 1176×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 Horn 1, 2
#56427 - 0.10MB, 2 (1, 1) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 1212×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 Trumpet (in D)
#56428 - 0.12MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 1395×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2010/2/18)

 Violins I
#56429 - 3.54MB, 45 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 6214×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2010/2/18)

 Violins II
#56430 - 3.14MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 3024×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 Violas
#56431 - 2.15MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 2742×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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 Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Keyboard)
#56432 - 6.65MB, 86 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 4664×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2010/2/18)

Editor Rudolf Steglich (1886-1976)
Publisher. Info. Hallische Handel Ausgabe
Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018).
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Overture

For the first edition of the Overture, published by Walsh, see Overtures (Handel, George Frideric)

 Complete Parts
#105117 - 10.22MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1015×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/6/12)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#134224 - 9.74MB, 107 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/C* - 19162×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/10/9)

Arranger Victor Ernst Wolff (1889-1960), piano reduction
Editor Oskar Hagen (1888-1957)
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, 1924. Plate 10422.
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Aria: Ombra mai fù (Act I)

 Complete Score (F major)
#146806 - 0.18MB, 3 (#72-74) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 35440×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/11/6)

Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume I: For High Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1090-3.
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 Complete Score (E♭ major)
#130561 - 0.10MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 34540×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

 Complete score (D major)
#271160 - 0.11MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 24120×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2013/2/25)

Arranger Pierre Gouin, piano reduction
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006, 2013.
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Misc. Notes Includes recitative, 'Frondi tenere'.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Aria: Ombra mai fù (Act I)

This aria is commonly known as Handel's "Largo", although the original tempo was "Larghetto", it is also known as Warf je ein Blüh'n
For Flugelhorn, 2 Trumpets, Trombone and Tuba (Székelyhidi)

 Complete score
#216490 - 0.37MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5402×⇩ - wrshannon

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⇒ 8 more: Flugelhorn • Trumpet (C) 1 • Trumpet (B♭) 1 • Trumpet (C) 2 • Trumpet (B♭) 2 • Trombone • Tuba • Engraving files (Finale)

 Flugelhorn
#216491 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 543×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Trumpet (C) 1
#216492 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 394×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Trumpet (B♭) 1
#216493 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 492×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Trumpet (C) 2
#216494 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 320×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Trumpet (B♭) 2
#216495 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 326×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Trombone
#216496 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 353×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Tuba
#216497 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 333×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Engraving files (Finale)
#214386 - 0.06MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1854×⇩ - wrshannon

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wrshannon (2012/5/7)

Arranger Vilmos Székelyhidi
Publisher. Info. Vilmos Székelyhidi
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For Double Reed Quartet (Notenschreiber)

 Parts
#173705 - 0.04MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2782×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Notenschreiber (2012/1/27)

 Oboe d´amore replacing Oboe
#173706 - 0.02MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 818×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Notenschreiber (2012/1/27)

Arranger Notenschreiber
Publisher. Info. Notenschreiber
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For 4 Violins (Dello)
See: Die 4 Violinisten by Manuel Dello


For Violin, Harmonium and Piano (Reinhard)

 Complete Score, also Piano Part
#80565 - 1.34MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6495×⇩ - RTM

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RTM (2010/10/3)

 Violin Part
#80566 - 0.44MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2740×⇩ - RTM

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RTM (2010/10/3)

 Harmonium Part
#80567 - 1.04MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1562×⇩ - RTM

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RTM (2010/10/3)

Arranger August Reinhard (1831-1912)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Carl Simon, n.d. Plates C.S. 1489-1491, 1718, 1726.
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For Violin, Piano, and Harmonium ad lib (Wilhelmj)

 Complete Score, Violin Part, Violin Part simplified
#82343 - 1.98MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3228×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2010/10/20)

Arranger August Wilhelmj (1845-1908)
Publisher. Info. Hameln: H. Oppenheimer, 1905. Plate H.O. 692.
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For Flute, Violin and Piano (Saenger)

 Piano score
#260279 - 0.44MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3343×⇩ - JP3

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JP3 (2012/11/27)

 Flute part
#260280 - 0.08MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1544×⇩ - JP3

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 Violin part
#260281 - 0.08MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1520×⇩ - JP3

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JP3 (2012/11/27)

Arranger Gustav Saenger (1865-1935)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1899. Plate 17606-6.
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Misc. Notes Piano score copyright 1899. Flute and violin parts copyright 1914.
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete score
#222103 - 0.19MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7495×⇩ - Michrond

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⇒ 4 more: Trumpet (C) • Trumpet (B♭) • Organ • Engraving files (Finale & XML)

 Trumpet (C)
#222104 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 853×⇩ - Michrond

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 Trumpet (B♭)
#222105 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 1301×⇩ - Michrond

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 Organ
#222106 - FileNotExistErrorMB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - Removed - 1249×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/5/21)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#222107 - 0.68MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1351×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/5/21)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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For Violin and Piano (Hermann)

 Complete Score and Part
#42366 - 0.27MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10223×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/10/18)

Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828-1907)
Publisher. Info. Sonatinen Album (no7)
Leipzig: C. F. Peters, Ed.2643. n.d.(ca.1891). Plate 7931.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The same plate was used for Klassische Stucke (Book 1 No. 3) 1872
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For Cello and Piano (Borch)

 Complete Score
#27729 - 0.41MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5808×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/2/1)

 Cello Part
#27730 - 0.11MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4334×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/2/1)

Arranger Gaston Borch (1871–1926)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, (ca.1910)
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For Cello and Piano (Roth)

 Complete Score
#65837 - 0.51MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4046×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2010/6/1)

 Cello Part
#65838 - 0.17MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3321×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2010/6/1)

Arranger Philipp Roth (1853-1898)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate V.A.1562.
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For Voice and Guitar (Váša)

 Voice (F#m/D or G#m/E), Guitar (F#m/D)
#142487 - 0.07MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3245×⇩ - Vlavasa

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 Complete score (F#m/D)
#142488 - 0.06MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2457×⇩ - Vlavasa

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Vlavasa (2011/10/29)

 Voice (G#m/E), Guitar (F#m/D)
#142489 - 0.06MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2092×⇩ - Vlavasa

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Vlavasa (2011/10/29)

Arranger Vladimír Váša
Publisher. Info. Vladimír Váša
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Misc. Notes For voice in G#m/E use capo on II. for Guitar
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For Organ (Düring)

 Complete Score
#09832 - 0.37MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7935×⇩ - Arturo

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Arturo (2007/7/13)

Arranger Charles A.A. Düring
Publisher. Info. New York: Martens Brothers, 1877. Plate 139.
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For Organ (Lemare)

 Complete Score
#335572 - 0.64MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2573×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/22)

 Color Cover
#335573 - 1.28MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 299×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/22)

Arranger Edwin Henry Lemare (1865-1934)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1909. Plate 21224.
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For Harpsichord or Organ (Gouin)

 Complete Score (with Recitativo)
#130562 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10151×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

Arranger Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006
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For Piano solo (Mason)

 Complete Score
#234854 - 0.38MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7795×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2012/6/16)

Arranger William Mason (1829-1908)
Publisher. Info. New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1877. Plate E. S. & Co. 185.
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For Piano solo (Parsons)

 Complete Score
#01062 - 0.51MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8617×⇩ - Sphemusator

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Sphemusator (2006/6/20)

Arranger Albert Ross Parsons (1847–1933)
Publisher. Info. Celebrated Largo by G.F. Handel. Arranged for the piano by A.R. Parsons
New York: G. Schirmer, 1877. Plate 1927
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General Information

Work Title Serse
Alternative. Title Xerxes
Name Translations 세르세; Քսերքսես; Kserks; Xerxész; Ксеркс; 塞爾斯; 薛西斯; 薛西斯 (歌剧); セルセ; Kserkso; Ξέρξης
Name Aliases 세레세; Handel Opera Xerxes; Xerses; Xerse; Xerxes, HWV 40; Handel's Serse; Handel's Xerxes; Xerxesz
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 184446027; GND: 300065752; BNF: 13913132z
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 40
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 443
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1737–38 (26 December 1737 to 14 February 1738)
First Performance. 1738-04-15 in London: King's Theatre in the Haymarket
  • Serse: Gaetano Majorano, called "Caffarelli" (soprano-castrato)
  • Arsamene: Maria Antonia Marchesini, called "La Lucchesina" (alto)
  • Amastre: Antonia Maria Merighi (contralto)
  • Romilda: Elisabeth Duparc, called "La Francesina" (soprano)
  • Atalanta: Margherita Chimenti, called "La Droghierina" (soprano)
  • Ariodate: Antonio Montagnana (bass)
  • Elviro: Antonio Lottini (bass)
Librettist Silvio Stampiglia (1664–1725)
Niccolò Minato (ca.1627–1698)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Solo voices, chorus, orchestra
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