15. Kind Heav’n

From Theodora, HWV 68, Part I, Scene VI

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	D major
Meter	4/4 → 3/8
Tempo	Adagio → andante → adagio → andante → adagio
Structure	da capo
Length	106 measures

Original English text	Modernized English text
Didymus	Didymus
Kind Heav’n, if Virtue be thy Care	Kind Heav’n, if virtue be thy care
With Courage fire me,	With courage fire me,
Or Art inſpire me,	Or art inspire me,
To free the Captive Fair.	To free the captive fair.
On the Wings of the Wind will I fly,	On the wings of the wind will I fly,
With this Princeſs to live, or this Chriſtian to die.	With this Princess to live, or this Christian to die.

About the text

• Author: Thomas Morell

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/29, p. 100
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

Cataloguer

May Robertson

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