Il pastor fido : opera in tre atti, HWV 8a / George Friederich Händel ; herausgegeben von Suzana Ograjenšek.
By: Handel, George Frideric [composer]
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Contributor(s): Rossi, Giacomo [librettist] | Ograjenšek, Suzana [editor].
Material type: 
ScoreSeries: Handel, George Frideric, Works: Ser. 2, Bd. 5.Publisher: Kassel : Bärenreiter, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 score (lviii, 208 pages) : facsimiles ; 33 cm.Content type: notated music Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Operas -- Scores | Opera -- LibrettosDDC classification: CE/Handel | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Reference | MTU Cork School of Music Library Reference | CE/Handel (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 00204049 |
Preface in German and English; critical report in English.
Based on the pastoral tragicomedy by Battista Guarini, first published in 1590.
Includes bibliographical references.
Il pastor fido : opera in tre atti, HWV 8a -- Anhang I = Appendix I. Frühfassungen = Early versions -- Anhang II = Appendix II. Transponierte Arien für Silvio (Sopran) = Transposed arias for Silvio (soprano).
Composed in 1712 to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, based on Battista Guarini's play of the same name. This edition is based primarily on Handel's copy of the score, as prepared by a copyist.
Italian words; also printed separately with English translation in facsimile of 1712 London print edition; German translation of libretto printed as text; Italian, German, and English text for the Appendix II aria.
Staff notation.