14. Angels, ever bright and fair

From Theodora, HWV 68, Part I, Scene V

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	F major
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Larghetto
Structure	dal segno
Length	22 measures

Original English text	Modernized English text
Theodora	Theodora
Angels, ever bright, and fair,	Angels, ever bright, and fair,
Take, O take me to your Care:	Take, O take me to your care:
Speed to your own Courts my Flight,	Speed to your own courts my flight,
Clad in Robes of Virgin white.	Clad in robes of virgin white.

About the text

• Author: Thomas Morell

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/29, p. 97
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

Cataloguer

May Robertson

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