Atalanta, HWV 35 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Performances

Naxos

Synthesized/MIDI

Ouverture

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 87
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1882. Plate H.W. 87.
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Overture

Publisher. Info. Handel's Overtures in Score, From all his Operas and Oratorios
London: I. Walsh, No.676, n.d.
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Vocal Scores

Selections

Arranger Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), piano reduction
Language English / Italian
Translator Nathan Haskell Dole (1852–1935), English text
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs of G.F. Handel, Vol.I: High Voice (pp.65-71)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1905. Plate ML-1089-7.
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Arranger Amelia Lehmann (1838–1903) ("A.L.")
Publisher. Info. London: Boosey & Co., 1900. Plate H. 2888.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Ouverture

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Gavotte (Act III)

For 3 Trumpets (Heidtmann)
Arranger Klaus Heidtmann (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. Klaus Heidtmann, 2022.
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For Keyboard (Gomez)
Arranger Alberto Gomez Gomez
Publisher. Info. Alberto Gomez Gomez
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Compare Mutopia Project, 2008.
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For Piano (Heidtmann)
Arranger Klaus Heidtmann (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. Klaus Heidtmann, 2022.
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Librettos

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1736 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

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General Information

Work Title Atalanta
Alternative. Title
Name Translations いとしの森よ; Αταλάντη
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185891837; LCCN: no2001086112; GND: 300220189; BNF: 139130769
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 35
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGH 80
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1735-4-22 (end date)
First Performance. 1736-05-12 in London, Covent Garden Theatre
London: Covent Garden
Librettist Unknown, adapted from Belisario Valeriani (fl.1715)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Atalanta (soprano)
Meleagro (soprano castrato)
Irene (contralto)
Aminta (tenor)
Nicandro (bass)
Mercurio [Mercury], the messenger god (bass)

Orchestra

2 oboes, [bassoon], 2 horns, 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo (cello, lute, harpsichord)
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