Vocal Music Instrumentation Index
Air
Solo

Sweep, sweep the string

From Solomon, HWV 67, Act III

Composer
George Frideric Handel
Length
5 measures

English text

Solomon
Sweep, sweep the string, to soothe the royal fair,
And rouse each passion with th’alternate air.
Opera Stanford

About the text

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

Instrumentation

  • Solomon (Mezzosoprano)
  • Continuo

Resources

Air
Solo

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