Floridante, HWV 14 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1721-11-28 (end date)
Genre Categories Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; 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 bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; English language; For 2 trumpets, timpani, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); Scores featuring the timpani (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 4 players (arr); For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For 1 player (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

2 Marches (Act I, Scene 1)

For 2 Trumpets, Timpani and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#434541 - 1.92MB - 2:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 111×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/10)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score (color)
#257187 - 10.09MB, 96 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1305×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2012/11/3)

 Score, without recitatives (mono)
#279976 - 16.36MB, 84 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 577×⇩ - Irishmaestro

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Irishmaestro (2013/5/5)

Editor First edition
Language Italian
Publisher. Info. London: publish'd by the Author, sold by Iohn Young, n.d.[1721?]
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes One song with additional English words by Henry Carey (1687-1743)
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 Complete Score
#18987 - 27.22MB, 152 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3066×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/17)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 65
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1876. Plate H.W. 65.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Aria: "Se risolvo"

 Complete Score
#115547 - 2.53MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 482×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2011/8/29)

Language English / Italian
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1750).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes V, vl / fl, b
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Parts

Overture

 Complete Parts
#108235 - 21.93MB, 78 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 275×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/7/6)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
Includes movements by Fasch.
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Vocal Scores

Aria: Non lasciar

 Complete Score
#147583 - 0.35MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 962×⇩ - Massenetique

PDF scanned by Google / Harvard
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-1121-6.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Aria: Alma mia

 Complete Score
#198294 - 0.99MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 1618×⇩ - WotanSings

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WotanSings (2009/2/1)

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Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

2 Marches (Act I, Scene 1)

For 2 Trumpets, Timpani and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Parts
#434539 - 0.21MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 427×⇩ - Michrond

PDF typeset by arranger
Michrond (2016/8/10)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#434540 - 0.62MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 143×⇩ - Michrond

ZIP typeset by arranger
Michrond (2016/8/10)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Aria: Vanne, segu’il mio desio (Act III)

For Harpsichord (Prelleur)

 Complete Score
#141984 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 586×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/10/28)

Arranger Peter Prelleur (1705-1741)
Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2005
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From The Modern Musick-Master, VI. The Harpsichord Illustrated and Improv’d (1731).
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1721)
#759976 - 0.20MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 104×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/1/26)

 Complete Libretto (Italian text/English translation separated)
#766013 - 0.31MB, 76 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 59×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Brotherhaydn (2022/2/25)

Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The 1721 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use.

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

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General Information

Work Title Floridante
Alternative. Title
Name Aliases Il Floridante
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 175863238; LCCN: n91007290; GND: 300064543; BNF: 139470688
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 14
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 179
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1721-11-28 (end date)
First Performance. 1721-12-9 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
  • Floridante : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
  • Oronte : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass)
  • Timante : Benedetto Baldassari, called "Benedetti" (soprano-castrato)
  • Rossane : Maddalena Salvai (soprano)
  • Elmira : Anastasia Robinson (contralto)
  • Coralbo: ? (bass)
Librettist By Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687–1765), after Francesco Silvani (b. 1706)
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 basses, orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article
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