Tamerlano, HWV 18 (Handel, George Frideric)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1724-7-(3-23)
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 tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Italian language; For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For harpsichord (arr); Scores featuring the harpsichord (arr); For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Prelude (Act 3 Scene 6)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
#435818 - 3.56MB - 3:53 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 115×⇩ - MP3 - Michrond

MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2016/8/19)

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

 Complete Score
#18998 - 31.00MB, 170 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10915×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/7/17)

Editor Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901)
Publisher. Info. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke. Band 69
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1876. Plate H.W. 69.
Copyright
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Selections

 Aria: Ciel e terra armi di sdegno (Act I, Scene 6)
#646749 - 0.11MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1826×⇩ - Trevorwoggon

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Trevorwoggon (2020/9/13)

Editor Trevor Woggon (b. 1991)
Publisher. Info. Trevor Woggon, 2020.
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Misc. Notes Adapted from Chrysander Edition
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 Aria: Non e piu tempo (Act II, Scene 2)
#115548 - 0.40MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1016×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2011/8/29)

Language Italian / English
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1750).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Soprano, vl / fl, b
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 Aria: Vuò dar pace
#879990 - 13.49MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2023/10/13)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Although given the English title "Great Jehovah's awful word," this aria is not part of Handel's Israel in Egypt. This is Handel's aria Vuò dar pace from Tamerlano, set a fifth higher to English words (possibly by John Christopher Smith the younger) and inserted in the oratorio in 1765. (See Life of Handel by Victor Schoelcher, 1857). From Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 2254
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Parts

Overture

 Complete Parts
#108327 - 14.92MB, 72 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 845×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Schrank II coll.
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Ciel e terra armi di sdegno (Act I Sc.6)

 Tenor (Bajazet)
#728603 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 520×⇩ - Trevorwoggon

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 Violin
#728604 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 146×⇩ - Trevorwoggon

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 Viola
#728605 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - Trevorwoggon

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 Continuo
#728606 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 161×⇩ - Trevorwoggon

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Editor Trevor Woggon (b. 1991)
Publisher. Info. Trevor Woggon, 2021.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture and Menuet

For Organ or Harpsichord (anonymous)

 Complete Score (Original)
#130590 - 0.13MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2696×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

Arranger Unknown
Editor Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2008
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. No 11 in Handel’s Sixty Overtures from all his Operas and Oratorios Set for the Harpsichord or Organ
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For Organ or Harpsichord (Gouin)

 Complete Score
#130591 - 0.15MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1138×⇩ - Pierre Gouin

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Pierre Gouin (2011/9/29)

Arranger Pierre Gouin - Contact
Publisher. Info. Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2008
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Menuet

For Piano Solo (Martucci)

 Complete Score
#43649 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 767×⇩ - Caprotti

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Arranger Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Paolo Mariani, 1900. Plate 19052.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes From collection 10 Danze Antiche (Series 2).
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Prelude (Act 3 Scene 6)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
#435815 - 0.17MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 216×⇩ - Michrond

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 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
#435816 - 0.44MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 87×⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/8/19)

Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Librettos

 Complete Italian/English Libretto (1724)
#760451 - 0.28MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 207×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Italian text (1724)
#766020 - 0.23MB, 49 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 70×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 English translation (1724)
#766021 - 0.24MB, 51 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 61×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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 Complete Libretto (1731)
#760452 - 0.30MB, 39 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 103×⇩ - Brotherhaydn

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Editor Colin Wake (b. 1950)
Publisher. Info. Colin Wake, 2022.
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Misc. Notes The 1724 Audience Wordbook transcribed for convenient modern use. The separate language pages are more precise transcripts for study purposes. The 1731 Libretto has omissions and additions listed on it.
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General Information

Work Title Tamerlano
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Թամերլան; Tamerlán; Tamerlán (opera); Тамерлан; 塔梅拉諾; 塔梅拉诺; タメルラーノ; Tamerlano (opero); Ταμερλάνος
Name Aliases Tamerlan
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 175755443; LCCN: no97049594; GND: 300066252; BNF: 13913122n; BNE: XX3208064
Composer Handel, George Frideric
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. HWV 18
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGH 491
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1724-7-(3-23)
First Performance. 1724-10-31 in London, King's Theatre in the Haymarket
  • Tamerlano : Andrea Pacini (alto-castrato)
  • Bajazet : Francesco Borosini (tenor)
  • Asteria : Francesca Cuzzoni (soprano)
  • Andronico : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato)
  • Irene : Anna Dotti (contralto)
  • Leone : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass)
Librettist Nicola Francesco Haym, after C. Agostino Piovene, 1711/19, from J.N. Pardon
Language Italian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation soprano, 3 altos, tenor, bass, orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article
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