George Frideric Handel Deborah

Deborah, HWV 51 is a work of the English and German composer George Frideric Handel. Free download sheet music and score "Deborah" as pdf file use the link on this page.

Instrumentation	Cast Deborah (soprano) Barak, commander of the Israelite army (alto-castrato) Jael (soprano) Abinoam (bass) Israelitish Woman (soprano) Sisera (alto) Herald (tenor) Chief Priest of Israelites (bass) Chief Priest of Baal (bass) Mixed Chorus (SATB) priests of baal, priests of the israelites, people and army of israel Orchestra 2 oboes, 2 bassoons (ripieni), 3 horns (C), 3 trumpets (C) timpani, violette all'ottava, strings (cello ripieni), continuo (harpsichord, organ)
Language	English
Key	B-flat major
Movements	3 acts
Sections	Act 1 Scene 1: Mount Ephraim (Deborah, Barak, Israelitish Priests, People) 1. Overture 2. Double Chorus: Immortal Lord of earth and skies 3. Recitative: O Barak, favour'd of the skies (Deborah, Barak) 4. Duet: Where do thy ardours raise me? (Barak, Deborah) 5. Chorus: Forbear thy doubts! 6. Recitative: Since Heav'n has thus his will express'd (Barak) 7. Soloists and Chorus: For ever to the voice of pray'r 8. Recitative: By that adorable decree (Deborah) 9. Double Chorus: O hear thy lowly servants' pray'r 10. Recitative: Ye sons of Israel, cease your tears (Deborah) 11. Chorus: O blast, with thy tremendous brow 12. Recitative: To whomsoe'er his fate the tyrant owes 13. Aria: How lovely is the blooming fair (Barak) Scene 2: Kedesh Napthali 14. Recitative: O Deborah! where'er I turn my eyes (Jael, Deborah) 15. Aria: Choir of angles, all around thee (Deborah) 16. Recitative: My transports are too great to tell (Jael) 17. Aria: To joy he brightens my despair (Jael) Scene 3: Kedesh (Abinoam, Barak, Israelites) 18. Recitative: Barak, my son, the joyful sound (Abinoam) 19. Aria: Awake the ardour of they breast (Abinoam) 20. Recitative: I go where Heav'n and duty call (Barak) 21. Aria: All danger disdaining, for battle I glow (Barak) 22. Chorus: Let thy deeds be glorious Scene 4: Mount Tabor (Deborah, Barak, Israelites, Herald) 23. Recitative: My charge is to declare (Herald, Barak, Deborah) 24. Chorus: Despair all around them 25. Chorus: Allelujah! Act 2 Scene: Mount Tabor (Deborah, Barak, Abinoam, Israelites) 26. Chorus: See, the proud chief advances now 27. Recitative: That here rebellious arms I see (Sisera) 28. Aria: At my feet extended low (Sisera) 29. Recitative: Go frown, Barbarian, where thou art fear'd (Deborah) 30. Aria: In Jehovah's awful sight (Deborah) 31. Recitative: Yes, how your God in wonders can excel (Sisera) 32. Aria: Whilst you boast the wondrous story (Sisera) 33. Aira: Impious mortal, cease to brave us (Barak) 34. Recitative: Behold the nations all around (Chief Priest of Baal) 35. Chorus: O Baal, Monarch of the skies (Priests of Baal) 36. Recitative: No more, ye infidels (Chief Priest of the Israelites) 37. Double Chorus: Load of Eternity (Israelites) 38. Chorus: Plead thy just cause 39. Recitative: By his great Name (Deborah, Sisera) 40. Soloists and Double Chorus: All your boast will end in woe (Deborah, Sisera, Priest of Baal, Baal's Priests, Israelites) 41. Recitative: Great Prophetess, my soul's on fire (Barak) 42. Aria: In the battle, fame pursuing (Barak) 43. Recitative: Thy ardours warm the winter of my age (Abinoam) 44. Aria: Swift inundation of desolation (Abinoam) 45. Recitative: O Judah, with what joy I see (Isrealitish Woman) 46. Aria: No more disconsolate I'll mourn (Israelitish Woman) 47. Recitative: Now, Jael, to thy tent retire (Deborah) 48. Aria: O the pleasure my soul is possessing (Jael) 49. Recitative: Barak, we now to battle go (Deborah) 50. Duet: Smiling freedom, lovely guest (Deborah. Barak) 51. Chorus: The great King of Kings will aid us to-day Act 3 Scene: Kedesh 52. Chorus: Now the proud insulting foe (Israelites) 53. Recitative: The haughty foe whose pride to heav'n did soar (Israelitish Woman) 54. Aria: Now sweetly smiling peace descends (Israelitish Woman) 55. Recitative: My pray'rs are heard (Abinoam, Barak) 56. Aria: Tears, such as tender fathers shed (Abinoam) 57. Recitative: O Deborah, my fears are o'er (Jael) 58. Chorus: Doleful tidings, how ye sound (Priests of Baal) 59. Aria: Our fears are now for ever fled (Isrealitish Woman) 60. Recitative: I saw the tyrant breathless in her tent (Barak, Jael) 61. Aria: Tyrant, now no more we dread thee (Jael) 62. Recitative: If, Jael, I aright divine (Deborah) 63. Aria: The glorious sun shall cease to shed (Deborah) 64. Recitative: May Heav'n with kind profusion (Barak) 65. Low at her feet he bow'd, he fell (Barak) 66. Recitative: O great Jehovah! may thy foes thus perish (Deborah) 67. Double Chorus: Let our songs to heav'n ascend Chorus: O celebrate his sacred name Chorus: Allelujah
Piece Style	Baroque
Composer Time Period	Baroque, Classical
Opus (Catalogue Number)	HWV 51
Year of Creation	1733

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