18. Help, Galatea!

From Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Version I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	f minor
Meter	4/4
Length	8 measures

English text
Acis
Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!
And take me dying to your deep abodes.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Hughes

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/9.1, p. 117
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