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Overture
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(no title)
2 ob · str · bsn · violone · hpsd
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2 ob · str · bsn · violone · hpsd
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Act I |
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1.
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Chorus
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How long, oh Lord!
SATB · 2 ob · str · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bc
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Recitative
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Our crimes repeated
A · bc
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A ·
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bc
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2.
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Air
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Clouds o’ertake the brightest day
A · str · bc
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A ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Oh Joacim! when thou art by
S · bc
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S ·
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bc
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3.
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Duet
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When thou art nigh
SA · 2 vln · bc
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SA ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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Lives there in Babylon
B · bc
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B ·
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bc
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4.
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Air
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Who fears the Lord
B · 2 ob · str · bc
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B ·
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2 ob · str · bc
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Recitative
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A flame like mine
A · bc
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A ·
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bc
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5.
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Air
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When first I saw my lovely maid
A · 2 vln · bc
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A ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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Let me confess
S · bc
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S ·
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bc
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6.
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Air
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Would custom bid the melting fair
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Down my old cheeks
B · bc
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B ·
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bc
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Recitative
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Oh pious Chelsias!
S · bc
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S ·
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bc
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7.
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Air
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Without the swain’s assiduous care
S · 2 vln · bc
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S ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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Source of each joy
SA · bc
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SA ·
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bc
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8.
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Air
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The parent bird in search of food
A · 2 vln · bc
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A ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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S ·
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bc
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9.
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Accompagnato
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What means this weight
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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10.
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Air
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Air bending to the throne of glory
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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11.
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Accompagnato
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Tyrannic love!
T · str · bc
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T ·
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str · bc
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12.
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Air
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Ye verdant hills, ye balmy vales
T · 2 vln · bc
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T ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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Say, is it fit
TB · bc
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TB ·
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bc
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13.
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Air
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The oak that for a thousand years
B · 2 vln · bsn · vc · violone · hpsd
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B ·
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2 vln · bsn · vc · violone · hpsd
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Recitative
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TB ·
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bc
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14.
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Air
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When the trumpet sounds to arms
T · 2 vln · bc
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T ·
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2 vln · bc
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15.
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Chorus
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Righteous Heav’n
SATB · 2 ob · str · bsn · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bsn · bc
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Act II |
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Recitative
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Frost nips the flow’rs
A · bc
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A ·
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bc
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16.
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Air
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On fair Euphrates’ verdant side
A · str · bc
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A ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Lead me, oh lead me
S · bc
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S ·
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bc
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17.
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Air
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Chrystal streams in murmurs flowing
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Too lovely youth
SS · bc
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SS ·
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bc
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18.
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Air
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Ask if you damask rose be sweet
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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In vain you try
SS · bc
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SS ·
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bc
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19.
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Air
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Beneath the cypress’ gloomy shade
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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The plaintive strains
SS · bc
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SS ·
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bc
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20.
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Air
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Blooming as the face of spring
T · 2 vln · bc
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T ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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We long have languish’d
SB · bc
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SB ·
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bc
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21.
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Air
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The torrent that sweeps
B · str · bc
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B ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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SB ·
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bc
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22.
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Trio
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Away, away!
STB · str · bc
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STB ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Alas! I find the fatal tolls are set
STB · bc
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STB ·
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bc
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23.
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Air
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If guiltless blood be your intent
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Quick to her fate
T · bc
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T ·
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bc
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24.
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Chorus
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Let justice reign and flourish
SATB · 2 ob · str · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bc
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Recitative
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Is fair Susanna false?
A · bc
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A ·
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bc
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25.
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Air
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On the rapid whirlwhind’s wing
A · 2 vln · bc
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A ·
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2 vln · bc
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26.
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Chorus
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Oh Joacim, thy wedded truth
SATB · 2 ob · str · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bc
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Act III |
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27.
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Chorus
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The cause is decided
SATB · 2 ob · str · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bc
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Recitative
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I hear my doom
S · bc
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S ·
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bc
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28.
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Air
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Faith displays her rosy wing
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Permit me, fair
T · bc
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T ·
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bc
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29.
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Air
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Round thy urn my tears shall flow
T · str · bc
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T ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Tis thus the crocodile
S · bc
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S ·
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bc
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30.
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Accompagnato
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But you, who see me on the verge of life
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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The sentence now is past
STB · bc
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STB ·
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bc
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31.
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Air
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Tis not age’s sullen face
S · 2 vln · bc
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S ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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Oh wound’rous youth!
SB · bc
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SB ·
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bc
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32.
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Chorus
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Impartial heav’n
SATB · 2 ob · str · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bc
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Recitative
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Thou artful wretch!
STB · bc
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STB ·
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bc
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33.
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Air
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Chastity, thou Cherub bright
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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But see, my Lord
S · bc
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S ·
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bc
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34.
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Air
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Gold within the furnace try’d
A · 2 vln · bc
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A ·
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2 vln · bc
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Recitative
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The joyful news
SB · bc
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SB ·
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bc
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35.
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Air
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Raise your voice to sounds of joy
B · tr · 2 ob · str · bc
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B ·
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tr · 2 ob · str · bc
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36.
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Chorus
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Bless’d be the day
SATB · 2 tr · str · 2 ob · bc
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SATB ·
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2 tr · str · 2 ob · bc
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Recitative
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S ·
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bc
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37.
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Air
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Guilt trembling spoke my doom
S · str · bc
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S ·
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str · bc
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Recitative
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Sweet are the accents
A · bc
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A ·
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bc
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38.
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Duet
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To my chaste Susanna’s praise
SA · 2 vln · bc
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SA ·
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2 vln · bc
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39.
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Chorus
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A virtuous wife shall soften fortune’s frown
SATB · 2 tr · 2 ob · str · bc
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SATB ·
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2 tr · 2 ob · str · bc
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Appendix |
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1.
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Chorus
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Virtue shall never long be oppress’d
SATB · 2 ob · str · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bc
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2.
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Accompagnato
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Tyrannic love!
T · str · bc
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T ·
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str · bc
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3.
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Chorus
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Righteous Daniel, matchless youth
SATB · 2 ob · str · bsn · bc
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SATB ·
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2 ob · str · bsn · bc
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