Händel, Georg Friedrich : Ombra mai fù F-Dur HWV 40
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Music ID :
17398
Composition Year：1737 Instrumentation：Lied
Genre：Various works
Total Playing Time：4 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
Last Updated: April 13, 2012
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
Last Updated: April 13, 2012
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.
Excerpt from the 19th Public Recording Concert Program
- An aria from Act 1.
- Sung by the Persian King Serse (Xerxes I) in the shade of a plane tree.
- Also known as 'Largo'.
- Although the opera is rarely performed today, this piece is cherished as a beautiful miniature and frequently played.
- Originally composed for a castrato, it is primarily sung by sopranos today.
Never was there such a shade
Of a green tree
So dear and lovely,
Or a more gentle shade.
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