33. Pious king and virtuous queen

From Solomon, HWV 67, Act III

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	c minor
Meter	3/8
Tempo	Larghetto
Length	139 measures

English text
Levite
Pious king, and virtuous queen,
May your name resound in story;
In time’s latest annals seen,
Crown’d with honour, crown’d with glory.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Moses Mendes?
• Bible: the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicle

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/27.1, p. 297
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• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

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