Files "cleaned" Jan/14

G F Handel


Saul - Part 1

Part 2 is on the next page,
Part 3 the following page.

There is an excellent performance of this Work by RIAS Kammerchor & Concerto Köln, dir. René Jacobs, on YouTube starting here.

Here is a "clickable" Table of the available Midi Files for this Work:-

Numbers 8, 9, 13-17, 32, 36 & 39 are not included in the standard Novello score, and were - on this page - originally marked "Not available". Most have now been entered from the Kalmus miniature Orchestral Score - thanks, Margaret! - but Nos 14, 15 & 39 are still unavailable (though possibly 13 - 17 are all "combined, and 39 is the "allegro" second-half of 38).

Saul - Part 1
UNemphasized Soprano Alto Tenor Bass
1: Sinfonia None None None None
2: How excellent Thy Name yes yes yes yes
3: An infant rais'd
4: Along the monster atheist strode 		None None None None
5: The youth inspir'd yes yes yes yes
6: Our fainting courage soon restor'd yes yes yes yes
7: How excellent Thy Name yes yes yes yes
7: Halleluja yes yes yes yes
8: He comes! None None None None
9: Oh god-like youth! None None None None
10: Behold, O King None None None None
11: O King, your favour None None None None
12: O early piety None None None None
13: What abject thoughts a prince can have! None None None None
14 & 15: Unavailable - though
perhaps 13-17 are "combined"		 . . . . . . . . . . . .
16: Yet think, on whom ... None None None None
17: Birth and fortune I despise None None None None
18: Thou, Merab, first in birth None None None None
19: My soul rejects the thought None None None None
20: See, see, with what a scornful air None None None None
21: Sinfonia None None None None
22: Already see the daughters
of the land 		None None None None
23: Welcome, welcome Sop 1yes
Sop 2yes		 yes Ten 1yes
Ten 2yes		yes
24: What do I hear None None None None
25: David his ten thousand slew yes yes yes yes
26: To him ten thousands None None None None
27: With rage I shall burst None None None None
28: Imprudent women None None None None
29: Fell rage and black despair None None None None
30: Racked with infernal pains None None None None
31: O Lord, whose mercies None None None None
32: Symphony None None None None
33: 'Tis all in vain None None None None
34: A serpent, in my bosom warm'd None None None None
35: Has he escap'd my rage None None None None
36: Capricious man, in humour lost None None None None
37: O filial piety None None None None
38: No, no, cruel father None None None None
39: Unavailable - but possibly
the second half of 38		 . . . . . . . . . . . .
40: Preserve him for the glory yes yes yes yes


That's the end of Part 1. Part 2 is on the next page
Part 3 is on the page following that.

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