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The Choice of Hercules : a musical interlude for soprano, mezzo-soprano, counter-tenor (or baritone), tenor soli, chorus and orchestra / edited with realisation of figured bass for pianoforte (or organ) by Norman Stone.
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- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.
- Series:
- Classical scores library.
- Standardized Title:
- Choice of Hercules. Vocal score
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heracles (Greek mythological character)--Songs and music.
- Heracles.
- Hercules (Roman mythological character)--Songs and music.
- Hercules.
- Hercules (Roman mythological character).
- Heracles (Greek mythological character).
- Secular oratorios--Vocal scores with keyboard instrument.
- Secular oratorios.
- Genre:
- Oratorios.
- Vocal scores.
- Vocal scores with keyboard instrument.
- Songs and music.
- Songs.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 vocal score (90 pages))
- Edition:
- Vocal score.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Novello & Company, [1954]
- Language Note:
- Staff notation.
- In English.
- Contents:
- I. Sinfonia
- II. Recit: See, Hercules!
- III. Aria: Come, Blooming Boy
- IV. Aria: There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain
- V. Aria and Chorus: While for Thy Arms
- VI. Recit: Away, Mistaken Wretch!
- VII. Aria: This Manly Youth's Exalted Mind
- VIII. Recit: Rise, Youth! Exalt thyself and Me
- IX. Aria: Go, Assert Thy Heav'nly Race
- X. Recit: In Peace, In War
- XI. Chorus: So Shalt Thou Gain Immortal Praise
- XII. Recit: Hear'st Thou, What Dangers
- XIII. Air and Chorus: Turn Thee, Youth, to Joy and Love
- XIV. Recit: Short is My Way, Oh Cease, Enchanting Siren!
- XV. Aria: Yet I Can Hear that Dulcet Lay
- XVI. Aria: Enjoy the Sweet Elysian Grove
- XVII. Recit: Oh! Wither, Reason, Dost Thou Fly?
- XVIII. Trio: Where Shall I Go?
- XIX. Recit: Mount, Mount the Steep Ascent
- XX. Aria: Mount, Mount the Steep Ascent
- XXI. Chorus: Arise! Arise!
- XXII. Recit: The Sounds Breathe Fire Celestial
- XXIII. Aria: Lead, Goddess, Lead the Way
- XXIV. Chorus: Virtue Will Place Thee.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 22, 2016).
- Written in 1750.
- Reduction for soprano, mezzo-soprano, counter-tenor (or baritone), and tenor solo voices, SATB chorus, and piano or organ or continuo.
- Includes performance notes in English.
- Duration: approximately 55 min.
- OCLC:
- 950028662
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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