Berenice, HWV 38 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 3 Acts Composition Year 1736-12-18 - 1737-1-27 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For 7 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For organ (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the organ

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (2)
• Vocal Scores (1)
• Parts (1)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (1)

Full Scores

 Complete Score (Preview)
*#19083 - 20.76MB, 114 pp. -  2.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 2009x⇩

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

 Complete score (Preview)
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piupianissimo (2010/5/1)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)

Publisher Info.:

Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 90.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1883. Plate H.W. 90.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Originally scanned at 300dpi grayscale, converted to 600dpi monocrome.

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Vocal Scores

Aria: Sì, tra i ceppi

 Complete Score
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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

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 II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plate ML-1134-5.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Parts

Overture

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

 Complete
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Fynnjamin (2011/6/26)

Publisher Info.:

Manuscript, n.d.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Possibly missing Oboes.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Organ (Gouin)

 1. Andante-Larghetto; 2. Gigue
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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

Arranger:

Pierre Gouin - Contact

Publisher Info.:

Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2009

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 [tag/del]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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General Information

Work Title	Berenice
Alternative Title	Berenice, regina d'Egitto

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 38
Movements/Sections	3 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1736-12-18 - 1737-1-27
First Performance	1737-5-18 London: Covent Garden Berenice: Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano) Selene : Francesca Bertolli (contralto) Alessandro : Gioacchino Conti, called "Gizziello" (soprano-castrato) Demetrio : Domenico Annibali (alto-castrato) Arsace : Maria Caterina Negri (contralto) Fabio : John Beard (tenor) Aristobolo : Henry Theodore Reinhold (bass)
Librettist	Antonio Salvi (1664-1724)
Language	Italian
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists (2 sopranos, 3 altos, tenor, bass), Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Composed 18 December 1736 — 27 January 1737. Adapted from Salvi's Berenice, regina d’Egitto (1709).