As Pants the Hart, HWV 251
HWV 251*
Chandos Anthem No.6 (HWV 251b)
Sheet music
Sheet music
· public domain
· 8 editions
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Composed
1713, 1717-18, 1722, 1738
First published
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Period
Baroque
Catalogue
HWV 251*
Dedication
—
Movements
7
Versions & arrangements
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Movements
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7
(or 6) movements:; *First version, HWV 251a (1713); Soli and Chorus: As pants the hart (Tempo ordinario, D minor, 52 bars); Solo and Quartet: Tears are my daily food (Larghetto, A minor, 44 bars); Recitative (tenor): Now when I think thereupon (C major, 10 bars); Chorus: In the voice of praise and thanksgiving (Allegro, F major 44 bars); Duet (alto, tenor): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, D minor, 86 bars); Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (Allegro ma non troppo, A major, 45 bars); *Second version, HWV 251b (1718); Sonata (no tempo, D minor, 52 bars); Trio (soprano, tenor, bass) and Chorus: As pants the hart; (Largo, D minor, 56 bars); Solo (alto): Tears are my daily food (Larghetto, A minor, 66 bars); Recitative (bass): Now when I think thereupon (Largo, D minor, 6 bars); Chorus: For I went with the multitude in the voice of praise and thanksgiving; (D minor, 66 bars); Duet (alto, tenor): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, D minor, 99 bars); Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (Andante, D minor, 173 bars); *Third version, HWV 251c (1722); Sonata (no tempo-Allegro, E minor, 63+41 bars); Soli and Chorus: As pants the hart (Adagio, E minor, 52 bars); Solo (soprano): Tears are my daily food (Un poco adagio, A minor, 95 bars); Solo (tenor): Now when I think thereupon (Andante, E minor, 23 bars); Chorus: In the voice of praise and thanksgiving (E minor, 44 bars); Duet (soprano, tenor): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, B minor, 138 bars); Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (no tempo, E minor, 71 bars); *Fourth version, HWV 251d (1722); Soli and Chorus: As pants the hart (no tempo, D minor, 43 bars); Solo (alto): Tears are my daily food (Andante, A minor, 56 bars); Solo (alto): Now when I think thereupon (Adagio, A minor, 29 bars); Chorus: In the voice of praise and thanksgiving (no tempo, F major, 29 bars); Duet (soprano, alto): Why so full of grief, O my soul (Larghetto, G minor, 77 bars); Solo and Chorus: Put thy trust in God (no tempo, B-flat major, 43 bars)
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