Vocal Music Instrumentation Index
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Handel oratorios
(1,603)
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soprano
(883)
+
alto
(686)
+
tenor
(652)
+
bass
(583)
+
violin
(1,010)
+
viola
(727)
+
viola da gamba
(9)
+
violoncello
(720)
+
double bass
(192)
+
violone
(319)
+
lute/theorbo
(8)
+
harp
(4)
+
flute
(47)
+
oboe
(536)
+
recorder
(21)
+
bassoon
(395)
+
contrabassoon
(1)
+
trumpet
(104)
+
trombone
(26)
+
horn
(51)
+
harpsichord
(643)
+
organ
(184)
+
carillon
(7)
+
timpani
(72)
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Symphony
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
2
ob
· str ·
bc
2
ob
· str ·
bc
Handel
Accompagnato: See, Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· 2
fl
·
bsn
· str ·
bc
S
·
2
fl
·
bsn
· str ·
bc
Handel
Air: Come, blooming boy, with me repair
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
S
·
2
ob
· str ·
bc
Handel
Air: There the brisk sparkling nectar drain
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· 2
cor
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
S
·
2
cor
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
Handel
Solo: While for thy arms that Beauty glows
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
S
·
2
ob
· str ·
bc
Handel
Chorus: Seize, seize these blessings, blooming boy
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
A
T
B
· 2
ob
·
bsn
· str ·
bc
S
A
T
B
·
2
ob
·
bsn
· str ·
bc
Handel
Recitative: Away, mistaken wretch, away!
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
·
bc
S
·
bc
Handel
Air: This manly youth’s exalted mind
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· 2
fl
· str ·
bc
S
·
2
fl
· str ·
bc
Handel
Recitative: Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
·
bc
S
·
bc
Handel
Air: Go, assert thy heav’nly race
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
S
·
2
ob
· str ·
bc
Handel
Recitative: In peace, in war, pursue thy country’s good
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
·
bc
S
·
bc
Handel
Solo: So shalt thou gain immortal praise
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· 2
tr
· 2
ob
· str
S
·
2
tr
· 2
ob
· str
Handel
Chorus: The golden trump of Fame
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
A
T
B
·
bc
S
A
T
B
·
bc
Handel
Recitative: Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage?
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
·
bc
S
·
bc
Handel
Solo: Turn thee, youth, to joy and love
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· str ·
bc
S
·
str ·
bc
Handel
Chorus: Why, ah why this fond delay?
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
·
S
A
T
B
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
S
·
S
A
T
B
·
2
ob
· str ·
bc
Handel
Recitative: Short is my way
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
·
bc
S
·
bc
Handel
Air: Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
A
· str ·
bc
A
·
str ·
bc
Handel
Air: Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
T
· str ·
bc
T
·
str ·
bc
Handel
Recitative: Oh! whither, Reason, dost thou fly?
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
A
·
bc
A
·
bc
Handel
Trio: Where shall I go?
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
S
A
· str ·
bc
S
S
A
·
str ·
bc
Handel
Accompagnato: Mount, mount the steep ascent
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· str ·
bc
S
·
str ·
bc
Handel
Air: Mount, mount the steep ascent
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
· str ·
bc
S
·
str ·
bc
Handel
Chorus: Arise, arise!
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
S
A
T
B
· 2
tr
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
S
A
T
B
·
2
tr
· 2
ob
· str ·
bc
Handel
Recitative: The sounds breathe fire celestial
HWV
31:
Hercules
George Frideric Handel
A
·
bc
A
·
bc
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voices
soprano
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tenor
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strings
violin
viola
viola d’amore
viola da gamba
violoncello
basse de violon
double bass
violone
plucked strings
lute/theorbo
harp
guitar
woodwinds
flute
oboe
oboe d’amore
oboe da caccia
taille
clarinet
recorder
musette
bassoon
contrabassoon
brass
trumpet
cornetto
trombone
horn
lituus
keyboards
harpsichord
organ
piano
percussion
bell
carillon
drum
timpani
Composers
Bach
CPE
Bach
Buxtehude
Böhm
Campra
Clérambault
Handel
Hoffmann
J. de La Guerre
Montéclair
Rameau
Unknown
Work Types
operas
cantatas
vocal chamber
chorales
songs/arias
oratorios
Languages
English
French
German
Italian
Latin
Spanish
Swedish