Turn not, O Queen, thy face away (George Frideric Handel)

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

Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central - Edition in D Minor.

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

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

Description: "Turn not, O Queen, thy face away" is a Bass Aria sung by Haman in Handel's oratorio "Esther".

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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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