Deidamia, HWV 42 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1740
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For 6 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Prelude (Act II, Scene 9)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#441076 - 3.03MB - 3:18 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 82×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/9/29)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#19088 - 29.74MB, 154 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3114×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/18)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 94
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1885. Plate H.W. 94.
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Aria: 'Al tardar della vendetta'

 Complete Score
#879765 - 11.86MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Royal College o...

PDF scanned by GB-Lcm
Royal College o... (2023/10/12)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 2254
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Vocal Scores

Aria: 'Un guardo solo'

 Complete Score
#879762 - 5.14MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2023/10/12)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 2254
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Aria: 'Nel riposo e nel contento'

 Complete Score
#147580 - 0.29MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 871×⇩ - Massenetique

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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-1137-5.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Prelude (Act II, Scene 9)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#441074 - 0.23MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 259×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/29)

 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
#441075 - 0.52MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 96×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/9/29)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1741)
#762215 - 0.20MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 119×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (1741)
#770770 - 0.15MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 54×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1741)
#770771 - 0.15MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 58×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/3/17)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1741 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

The separate language pages are more exact transcripts for study purposes.

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General Information

Work Title Deidamia
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Deidamia (Händel); Deidamía; Deidamia (opera); D Opere «Deidamia» vom Georg Friedrich Händel; Δηιδάμεια
Name Aliases Deidamia (òpera)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181286243; LCCN: no2002111393; GND: 30069590X; BNF: 14717616v
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 42
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 156
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1740
First Performance. 1741-1-10 in London, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre
Deidamia - Elisabeth Duparc, called "La Francesina" (soprano)
Nerea - Maria Monza (soprano)
Achille - Miss Edwards (soprano)
Ulisse - Giovanni Battista Andreoni (alto-castrato)
Fenice - William Savage (bass)
Lycomede - Henry Theodore Reinhold (bass)
Librettist Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687–1765)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 3 sopranos, alto, 2 basses, orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information *Acts I and II composed 27 October - 7 November 1740, Act III composed 14 - 20 November 1740. The second performance on 10 February 1741 was the last performance of a Handel opera under the composer's direction.
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