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Handel, George Frideric 1685 - 1759

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76

HWV 76 Soprano, Tenor, Mixed Chorus, Orchestra Odes Baroque Composed 1739 12 movements

Movements

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12 movements
  1. I Overture
  2. II Recitative (tenor): From Harmony; When Nature
  3. III Chorus: From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony
  4. IV Aria: What Passion cannot Music Raise and Quell
  5. V Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The Trumpet's Loud Clangour
  6. VI March
  7. VII Aria (soprano): The Soft Complaining Flute
  8. VIII Aria (tenor): Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs
  9. IX Aria (soprano): But Oh! What Art can Teach
  10. X Aria (soprano): Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race
  11. XI Recitative (soprano): But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher
  12. XII Solo (soprano) and Chorus: As from the Power of Sacred Lays

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