Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759)

Acis and Galatea. A Serenata.

[London]: [Arnold's edition]. [1788]. Composed for the Duke of Chandois in the Year 1720. Upright large folio. Title; 3 - 102, 103 (Contents) pp. Engraved. [PN] No. 28 - 30. In very fine condition throughout, nicely bound in modern full cream cloth.


Words by John Gay, with additions by Dryden, A. Pope and John Hughes. Nos. 28-30 of Arnold's edition of the works of Händel. RM.6a; BM.I.50; Hirsch M. 1395. Smith p. 85, 17. OCLC lists 5 five copies.


"The contents of the work are the same as in Randall, but differently laid out and engraved and with different figurings to the Bass. It is divided into two parts at the end of the Chorus 'Happy we.' Clori is given as the character instead of Damon for the number 'Consider fond shephard.'" (Smith, Concerning Handel, p. 262).


Samuel Arnold (1740-1802) began editing Handel's oratorios in the 1780s for performances and planned to produce, with Thomas Linley the elder, a complete edition. Some 180 publications, including 40 oratorios, were issued as part of a series he produced between 1787 and 1797. (3216)
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