10 Songs (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 10 songs: 8 by Handel, 2 (nos.4 & 5) by Bononcini Come to Me Soothing Sleep (Vieni o Figlio, from Ottone) The Land of Dreams (S'ei non mi vuol amar, from Tamerlano) Spring (La Speranza e Guinta, from Ottone) Ah! What sorrow (No, oh Dio, from Calphurnia) The Trumpet Is Calling (Un ombra di pace, from Calphurnia) The Moon (Tiranni miei pensieri, from Tolomeo) O What Pleasure (Vanne, segu'il mio desio, from Floridante) Lost Love (A suoi piedi, from Tamerlano) Silent Worship (Non lo diro col labbro, from Tolomeo) Mother, O Hide Me (Rendi'l sereno al ciglio, from Sosarme) First Publication 1928 Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

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Editor:

Arthur Somervell (1863-1937)

Publisher Info.:

Ten Songs
London: Curwen, Ed.2046, 1928.

Reprinted:

New York: G. Schirmer, 1928. Plate 42837.

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	10 Songs. English Text and Piano Accompaniment (Arranged From the Figured Bass) by Arthur Somervell.
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Movements/Sections	10 songs: 8 by Handel, 2 (nos.4 & 5) by Bononcini Come to Me Soothing Sleep (Vieni o Figlio, from Ottone) The Land of Dreams (S'ei non mi vuol amar, from Tamerlano) Spring (La Speranza e Guinta, from Ottone) Ah! What sorrow (No, oh Dio, from Calphurnia) The Trumpet Is Calling (Un ombra di pace, from Calphurnia) The Moon (Tiranni miei pensieri, from Tolomeo) O What Pleasure (Vanne, segu'il mio desio, from Floridante) Lost Love (A suoi piedi, from Tamerlano) Silent Worship (Non lo diro col labbro, from Tolomeo) Mother, O Hide Me (Rendi'l sereno al ciglio, from Sosarme)
First Publication	1928
Librettist	Arthur Somervell (1863-1937)
Language	English
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voice and piano

Misc. Comments

Somervell's English lyrics set to his piano arrangements of 18th century Italian opera arias. The songs are not translations of the arias, although the original Italian lyrics are printed below the English text. (“In this volume, 'A suoi piedi' from Tamerlano, a dramatic aria in which a father denounces the daughter he believes to be disloyal, becomes 'Lovely summer! Rides the sun in glory above'!” Carl Johengen, “Arias from Handel’s Operas: A Guide to Selected Existing Sources and A Rationale for New Useful Editions.”) The cover of the volume attributes the music to Handel, but the table of contents acknowledges that two of the arias had been attributed to “G.B. Buononcini”. That authorship is confirmed in RISM.