From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part II, Il Penseroso
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
b minor |
Meter |
3/4 |
Tempo |
Larghetto e piano → Adagio |
Length |
115 measures |
English text |
|---|
Soprano |
Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy |
In sceptred pall come sweeping by, |
Presenting Thebes, or Pelops’ line, |
Or the tale of Troy divine; |
Or what (though rare) of later age |
Ennobled hath the buskin’d stage. |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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