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Handel - Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo
Sheet music for flute
| Info: | "Lascia ch'io pianga" is an aria from the Handel's opera Rinaldo and it has become a popular concert piece.. The original melody for the aria is first found in Act III of 1705 opera Almira, also by Handel, as a Sarabande. In 1711, Handel recycled the music yet again, this time for his 1711 London opera Rinaldo, using a new text. Rinaldo was a major triumph for Handel, and it is with this work that the aria is chiefly associated. Handel's 1739 pasticcio Giove in Argo also features a shorter and lesser known "Lascia la spina". |
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| Opus number: | HWV 7b |
| Date: | 1711 |
| Artist: | George Frideric Handel |
| Born: | 23 February 1685, Halle |
| Died: | 14 April 1759, London |
| The artist: | German, later British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Born in a family indifferent to music, Handel received critical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition. |
| Instrument: | Flute |
| Key: | Bb major |
| Range: | Bb4 - C6 |
| Time signature: | 3/2 |
| Tempo: | 60 BPM |
| Duration: | 3:36 |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Style: | Classical |
