Acis And Galatea (1. Fassung) HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH

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Besetzung / Ensemble
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Acis and Galatea HWV 49a (1. Fassung)
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Acis and Galatea HWV 49a 1st version Handel set the myth about the love of the shepherd Acis for the sea nymph Galatea from Ovid's Metamorphoses a total of three times: in the cantata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo HWV 72 (1708) (BA4068), the masque Acis and Galatea HWV 49a (1718) (BA4039) and finally the pasticcio-like serenata Acis and Galatea HWV 49b (1732) (BA10700). This species of stage work was related to the early eighteenth-century English masque by virtue of its choral numbers and straightforward formal design, and to the Italian serenata due to its use of one voice to a part in the choruses. In the England of Handel's dayit was given a multitude of generic names: besides ; masques, such works were often called ; little operas, ; English operas or ; pastoral operas (the term ; serenata had not yet entered English parlance). Handel himself did not specify the genre of Acis and Galatea in his autograph score, and probably as a result uncertainty arose among copyists, printers and performers as to the work's proper designation, for it has come down to us with a confusing array of generic titles. Handel wrote the piece for James Brydges (1674& 1744), Earl of Carnarvon and later Duke of Chandos, at whose country estate in Cannons the composer spent the years 1717 and 1718. - Urtext of the Halle handel Edition - Full score (BA4039) and vocal score (BA4039-90) available for sale - performance material (BA4039-72) available for sale