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(Posted 2008-07-25) CPDL #17688:

Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-25). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 96 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Edition in D Minor.

General Information

Title: Turn not, O Queen, thy face away
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Lyricist: John Arbuthnot^{create page}
Lyricist: Alexander Pope

Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Bass solo
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1732 in Recitative and Aria from the oratorio "Ester" (HWV50)
Description: Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther".

External websites:

Original text and translations

English text

Turn not, O Queen, thy face away,
Behold me prostrate on the ground!
O speak, his growing fury stay,
Let mercy in thy sight be found!

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-:<b>Contributor:</b> [[User:David Newman|David Newman]] <i>(added 2008-07-25)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter, 2 pages, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {{Copy|Public Domain}}
-:<b>Edition notes:</b> Cross posting by [http://artsongcentral.com Art Song Central] - Edition in D Minor. <br>
 ==General Information==
-<b>Title:</b> <i>Turn not, O Queen, thy face away</i> <br>
+{{Title|''Turn not, O Queen, thy face away''}}
 {{Composer|George Frideric Handel}}
-{{Lyricist|John Arbuthnot}} <br>
+{{Lyricist|John Arbuthnot}}<br>
 {{Lyricist|Alexander Pope}}
-<b>Number of voices:</b> 1v &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> Bass Solo<br>
+{{Voicing|1|Solo Bass}}
-'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Secular| music}}, {{pcat|Aria|s}} <br>
+{{Genre|Secular|Arias}}
 {{Language|English}}
-'''Instruments:''' {{PnoAcc}}<br>
+{{Instruments|Piano}}
+{{Pub|1|1732|in Recitative and Aria from the oratorio "Ester" (HWV50).}}
-<b>Published:</b>  Recitative and Aria from the oratorio "Ester" (HWV50) - 1732.  <br>
+{{Descr|Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther".<br>}}
+{{#ExtWeb:
+*[{{website|artsong}}2008/handel-turn-not-o-queen-thy-face-away/ Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song]
-<b>Description:</b> "Turn not, O Queen, thy face away" is a Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther". <br>
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_%28Handel%29 Wikipedia's entry for "Esther"]}}
-<b>External websites: </b>
-*[http://artsongcentral.com/2008/handel-turn-not-o-queen-thy-face-away/ Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song. ]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_%28Handel%29 Wikipedia's entry for "Amadigi de Gaula". ]
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+{{Text|English|
-{{Text|English}}
+Turn not, O Queen, thy face away,
-:Turn not, O Queen, thy face away,
 Behold me prostrate on the ground!
 O speak, his growing fury stay,
-Let mercy in thy sight be found!
+Let mercy in thy sight be found!}}
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-[[Category:Secular music]]
+[[Category:Baroque music]]
-[[Category:Solo Bass]]
-[[Category:Baroque Music]]