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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Turn not, O Queen, thy face away'' <br>
'''Title:''' ''Turn not, O Queen, thy face away''<br>
{{Composer|George Frideric Handel}}
{{Composer|George Frideric Handel}}
{{Lyricist|John Arbuthnot}}<br>
{{Lyricist|John Arbuthnot}}<br>
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{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|Piano}}
{{Instruments|Piano}}
'''Published:''' Recitative and Aria from the oratorio "Ester" (HWV50) - 1732. <br>
'''Published:''' Recitative and Aria from the oratorio "Ester" (HWV50) - 1732.<br>


'''Description:''' Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther". <br>
'''Description:''' Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther".<br>


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  

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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 Arbuthnotcreate page
Lyricist: Alexander Pope

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Bass solo

Genre: SecularAria

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

Published: Recitative and Aria from the oratorio "Ester" (HWV50) - 1732.

Description: Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther".

External websites:

Original text and translations

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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!