37. Will the sun forget to streak

From Solomon, HWV 67, Act III

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	e minor
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Largo
Length	46 measures

English text
Queen of Sheba
Will the sun forget to streak
Eastern skies with amber ray,
When the dusky shades to break
He unbars the gates of day?
Then demand if Sheba’s queen
E’er can banish from her thought
All the splendour she has seen,
All the knowledge thou hast taught.
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. 338
• Opera Stanford ›
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

Similar instrumentation

• Aria: Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde
  JS Bach
• Aria: Jesu, deine Gnadenblicke
  JS Bach
• Chorale: Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm
  JS Bach