33. These pleasures, Melancholy give

From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part II, Il Penseroso

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	d minor
Meter	4/4
Tempo	A tempo ordinario
Length	70 measures

English text
Soprano
These pleasures, Melancholy, give,
And I with thee will choose to live.
Chorus
These pleasures, Melancholy, give,
And we with thee will choose to live.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Charles Jennens

Instrumentation

Notes

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/16, p. 144
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• Wikipedia ›

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