Semele, HWV 58 (Handel, George Frideric)

		Movements/Sections 3 Acts Composition Year 1743 Genre Categories Secular oratorios; Oratorios; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; English language

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (1)
• Parts (0)
• Vocal Scores (5)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#18752 - 54.14MB, 260 pp. -  4.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - V/V/V - 7826x⇩

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/13)

Editor:

Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)

Publisher Info.:

Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 7.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1860. Plate H.W. 7.

Copyright:

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)

Vocal Scores

Complete Oratorio

 Complete Score
*#81354 - 5.91MB, 216 (xiv, 200, index) pp. -  5.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 7331x⇩

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Carolus (2010/10/11)

Arranger:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909), piano reduction

Editor:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.(1877).

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Selections

 Aria: O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Soprano)
*#146804 - 0.18MB, 3 (#125-127) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1484x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/6)

 Aria: Where'er you walk (Tenor)
*#146805 - 0.18MB, 3 (#128-130) pp. -  6.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 2902x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/6)

Editor:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)

Publisher Info.:

Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume I: For High Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plates ML-1102-3 and 1103-3.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Aria: Hymen haste! Thy torch prepare! (Alto)
*#147730 - 0.33MB, 5 (#132-136) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 385x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

 Aria: Leave me, loathsome light! (Bass)
*#147731 - 0.19MB, 3 (#137-139) pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 580x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/11/7)

Editor:

Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)

Publisher Info.:

Songs and Airs by George Frideric Handel, Volume II: For Low Voice.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1905. Plates ML-1143-5 and ML-1144-3.

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General Information

Work Title	Semele
Alternative Title

Composer	Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue Number	HWV 58
Movements/Sections	3 Acts
Year/Date of Composition	1743
First Performance	1744-02-10 London: Covent Garden
Librettist	William Congreve (1670-1729)
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	Vocal soloists, Chorus, Orchestra

Misc. Comments

Composed 3 June–4 July 1743.
Based on a libretto for an English opera ca.1706 after Ovid's Metamorphoses, with added texts from Pope and other works of Congreve.