Samson, HWV 57 - Handel, George Frideric

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"Samson was first performed in London in 1743. Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Milton's Samson Agonistes"

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre / Form → Oratorios

♯ Key D major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

↕ Range G1 – D6

¶ Language → English

Measures 51

Texture Homophonic

Parts 6

Instruments Strings, trumpets & drums

Pages 4

CPDL # 38482

Editor Jes Wagner

Posted 2016-02-07

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

D4 – A5

Alto

G3 – B4

Tenor

D3 – A4

Bass

G2 – D4

Keyboard

G1 – A4

¶Lyrics / Text

&nbsp;3. Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound; The joyful sacred festival comes round, When Dagon, king of all the earth, is crown’d. &nbsp;5. Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound; The joyful sacred festival comes round, When Dagon, king of all the earth, is crown’d. 16. O first-created beam, and thou, great word, Let there be light! and light was over all. One heav'nly blaze shone round this earthly ball. To Thy dark servant life by light afford. 26. Then shall they know that He, Whose Name Jehovah, is alone O'er all the earth, but One, Was ever the Most High, and still the same. 31. Then round about the starry throne Of Him who ever rules alone, Your heav'nly guided soul shall climb, Of all this earthly grossness quit, With glory crown'd for ever sit, And triumph over Death and thee, O Time! 36. To dust his glory they would tread, And number him amongst the dead, Return, O God of Hosts! Behold Thy servant in distress. 55. To man God's universal law Gave pow'r to keep his wife in awe; Thus shall his life be ne'er dismay'd, By female usurpation sway'd.