Orpheus / C. von Gluck.

Author/creator Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Other author Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795, librettist.
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoNew York : Edwin F. Kalmus, [between 1900 and 1930?]
Description1 vocal score (135 pages) ; 27 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleOrfeo ed Euridice. Vocal score. English & Italian
SeriesKalmus vocal scores
Wesleyan music collection
Kalmus vocal scores. ^A151663
Wesleyan music collection. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Act I. Overture -- Chorus. "If here, where all is dark and silent" = "Ah! se intorno a quest' urna funesta" -- Recit. "My friends, lamentation but adds to my affliction!" = "Amici, quel lamento aggrava il mio dolore!" -- Pantomime -- Chorus. "If here, where all is dark and silent" = "Ah! se intorno a quest' urna funesta" -- Recit. "I pray you, go!" = "Lasciatemi!" -- Ritornello -- Aria. "I mourn my loved one dead" = "Chiamo il mio ben cosi" -- Recit. "Euridice, Euridice" = "Euridice, Euridice" -- Aria. "Weeping sorely I stray" = "Cerco il mio ben cosi" -- Recit. "Euridice! the name I love" = "Euridice! Ah! questo nome" -- Aria. "Still I shed bitter tears" = "Piango il mio ben cosi" -- Recit. "Relentless gods of Acheron" = "Voi del regno delle ombre" -- Aria. "Go, and with thy lyre" = "Dalla cetra tua" -- Recit. "What, shall I behold her again" = "Ciel! lei riveder potrò!" -- Aria. "The gods, if they call thee" = "Gli sguardi trattieni" -- Recit. "What say he?" = "Che disse!" -- Aria. "Away with mourning and crying" = "Addio, addio, o miei sospiri" -- Act II. Dance of the furies -- Chorus. "Who is the mortal one" = "Chi mai dell' Erebo" -- Dance of the furies -- Solo and chorus. "O be merciful to me!" = "Deh placatevi con me!" -- Chorus. "Sorrowing mortal" = "Misero giovane" -- Aria. "Thousand tortures" = "Mille pene" -- Chorus. "What feeling, strange to us" = "Ah! quale incognito" -- Aria. "My entreating, my complaining" = "Men tiranne, voi sareste" -- Chorus. "His moving elegies" = "Le porte stridano" -- Dance of the furies -- Ballet [three times] -- Air and chorus. "On these meadows are all happy-hearted" = "È quest' asilo ameno e grato" -- Quasi recit. "How pure a light!" = "Che puro ciel!" -- Chorus. "In this realm of souls departed" = "Vieni a' regni del riposo" -- Ballet -- Recit. "O blessed and happy spirits" = "Oh voi, ombre felici" -- Chorus. "From the realm of souls departed" = "Torna, o bella, al tuo consorte" -- Act III. Recit. "O come, Euridice" = "Ah vieni, o diletta" -- Duet. "Come, on my trueness relying" = "Sù, e con me vieni, cara" -- Recit. "Ah, how can he persist in such unwonted silence?" = "Ah! dovess' io saper, perche ei tace tanto?" -- Aria and duet. "A change how deceiving!" = "Che fiero momento!" -- Recit. "Now commences my trial" = "Ah! per me il duol ricomincia" -- Aria. "She is gone, and gone for ever" = "Che farò senza Euridice" -- Recit. "Then let my grievous pain be ended" = "Il duol del cuore mio" -- Chorus, with alternate solo. "The god of love has prevailed" = "Trionfi Amore" -- Ballet -- Gavotte -- Ballet -- Menuet -- Trio. "Sweet affection, heavenly treasure" = "Gaudio gaudio son al cuore" -- Ballet [two times] -- Chaconne.
General noteOpera in 3 acts.
General noteAccompaniment arranged for piano.
General noteLibretto by R. de Calzabigi.
General noteIncludes plot synopsis.
LanguageItalian words with English translation.
Publisher number6189 Edwin F. Kalmus

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks M1503.G58 O77 1900Z ✔ Available Place Hold