Hercules, HWV 60 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1744 (July 19 to August 17)
Genre Categories Secular oratorios; Oratorios; For 5 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the mezzo-soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language; For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Orchestral Selections

 Overture
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 Menuetto
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 Sinfonia
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 March
#214398 - 0.02MB - 1:44 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 167×⇩ - MID - wrshannon

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Publisher Info. Hartmut Lemmel
Performers Hartmut Lemmel
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Air: Banish love from thy breast (Act II, Sc.4, No.39)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#443400 - 3.12MB - 3:25 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 72×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/10/16)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#18737 - 61.63MB, 286 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7558×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 4
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1859. Plate H.W. 4.
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 Complete Score
#722722 - 32.46MB, 276 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 146×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 4
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1859. Plate H.W. 4.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2621.
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Selections

 Overture, Menuetto, Sinfonia and March
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 Engraving files (Capella)
#214386 - 0.06MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1950×⇩ - wrshannon

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Editor Hartmut Lemmel
Publisher. Info. Hartmut Lemmel
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Misc. Notes Based on German Händel Society edition, Leipzig 1859.
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Parts

Complete

 Oboe1/2
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⇒ 6 more: Trumpet 1, 2 • Timpani • Vioins I • Violins II • Violas • Continuo (Cellos/Basses)

 Trumpet 1, 2
#722724 - 0.31MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 41×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Timpani
#722725 - 0.17MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Vioins I
#722726 - 2.02MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 55×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Violins II
#722727 - 1.83MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 33×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Violas
#722728 - 1.40MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 33×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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 Continuo (Cellos/Basses)
#722729 - 2.67MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 40×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826-1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 4
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1859. Plate H.W. 4.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2621.
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Overture, Menuetto, Sinfonia and March

 Oboe 1/2
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⇒ 7 more: Trumpet 1/2 (D) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Bassoons) • Harpsichord

 Trumpet 1/2 (D)
#214388 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 465×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Timpani
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
#214391 - 0.13MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 312×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Violas
#214392 - 0.09MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 278×⇩ - wrshannon

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 Continuo (Cellos, Basses, Bassoons)
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 Harpsichord
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Editor Hartmut Lemmel
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Overture

For the first edition of the Overture, published by Walsh, see Overtures (Handel, George Frideric)

Nicht mehr schutzt dein Arm hinfort (Act III)

 Complete Parts
#768687 - 48.64MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5×⇩ - Feduol

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Language German
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.[19th century].
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Misc. Notes Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität (D-Tu): Mk 62
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Vocal Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#143211 - 11.72MB, 233 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6057×⇩ - Massenetique

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Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d.
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Air: The World When Day its Course has Run (Act I, Sc.1)

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Misc. Notes From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 1120
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Air: Where, Congeal'd, the Northern Streams (Act I, Sc.2)

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Air: My father! Ah! Methinks I See (Act I, Sc.5, No.23)

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#146323 - 0.37MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1083×⇩ - Massenetique

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Editor Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909)
Publisher. Info. Songs and Airs of G.F. Handel, Vol.I: High Voice (pp.131-36)
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1905. Plate ML-1104.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

March (Act I, Scene 5. No. 21)

For Organ (Best)

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#473904 - 0.07MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Keanur

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Arranger William Thomas Best (1826-1897)
Publisher. Info. Arrangements from the Scores of the Great Masters, Vol.1 (pp.246)
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 2229.
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Air: Banish love from thy breast (Act II, Sc.4. No.39)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#443398 - 0.21MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 300×⇩ - Michrond

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 Engraving files (Finale and XML)
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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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General Information

Work Title Hercules
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Hércules; Геркулес; S Oratorium «Hercules» vom Georg Friedrich Händel; Herkül; Ercole; ヘラクレス; Hercules (Händel); Ηρακλής (όπερα)
Name Aliases Геркулес (опера); Геркулес (оратория)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 180431713; LCCN: no92017141; GND: 300064705; BNF: 13913702p
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 60
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 214
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1744 (July 19 to August 17)
First Performance. 1745/01/05 in London: King's Theatre in the Haymarket
Librettist Thomas Broughton (1704–1774), from Sophocles and Ovid
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Hercules (bass)
Dejanira, wife of Hercules (mezzo-soprano)
Iole, daughter of the King of Oechalia (soprano)
Hyllus, son of Hercules (tenor)
Lichas, a herald (contralto)
Orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article - Libretto of "Hercules"
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