George Frederick Handel
Jephtha, HWV 70
WORKS MUSICS
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites / Air. Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites / Air. Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. No more to Ammon's god and king
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. No more to Ammon's god and king
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Accompagnato. But Jeptha comes. Kind Heav'n, assist our plea / Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Accompagnato. But Jeptha comes. Kind Heav'n, assist our plea / Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace
4:45
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. 'Twill be a painful separation, Jeptha / Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. 'Twill be a painful separation, Jeptha / Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn
5:1
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis / Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis / Air. Dull delay, in piercing anguish
3:44
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls / Air. Take the heart you fondly gave
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls / Air. Take the heart you fondly gave
3:36
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. I go; my soul, inspir'd by thy command / Duet. These labours past, how happy we!
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. I go; my soul, inspir'd by thy command / Duet. These labours past, how happy we!
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 4. Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? / Accompagnato. If, Lord, sustain'd by Thy almighty pow'r / Recitative. 'Tis said
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 4. Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? / Accompagnato. If, Lord, sustain'd by Thy almighty pow'r / Recitative. 'Tis said
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 4. Chorus. O God, behold our sore distress
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 4. Chorus. O God, behold our sore distress
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads / Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 5. Recitative. Some dire event hangs o'er our heads / Air. Scenes of horror, scenes of woe
4:57
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 6. Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries / Air. The smiling dawn of happy days
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 6. Recitative. Say, my dear mother, whence these piercing cries / Air. The smiling dawn of happy days
3:43
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 7. Recitative. Such, Jeptha, was the haughty king's reply / Chorus. When his loud voice in thunder spoke
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 7. Recitative. Such, Jeptha, was the haughty king's reply / Chorus. When his loud voice in thunder spoke
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis
1:18
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Cherub and seraphim, unbodied forms
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Cherub and seraphim, unbodied forms
3:16
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis well / Air. Tune the soft melodious lute
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis well / Air. Tune the soft melodious lute
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on His repentant people / Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. Heav'n smiles once more on His repentant people / Air. His mighty arm, with sudden blow
5:55
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 2. Chorus. In glory high, in might serene
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 2. Chorus. In glory high, in might serene
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Hail, glorious conqueror! Much lov'd father, hail! / Air. Welcome as the cheerful light / Chorus. Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Hail, glorious conqueror! Much lov'd father, hail! / Air. Welcome as the cheerful light / Chorus. Welcome thou, whose deeds conspire
4:18
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Horro! Confusion! Harsh this music grates / Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Horro! Confusion! Harsh this music grates / Air. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb
4:52
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Why is my brother thus afflicted?
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Why is my brother thus afflicted?
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Accompagnato & Air. First perish thou, and perish all the world!
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Accompagnato & Air. First perish thou, and perish all the world!
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend / Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, lo, your friend / Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal
2:10
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Quartet. O spare your daughter
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Quartet. O spare your daughter
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Recitative. Such news flies swift. I've heard the mournful cause / Accompagnato. For joys so vast too little is the price
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Recitative. Such news flies swift. I've heard the mournful cause / Accompagnato. For joys so vast too little is the price
1:15
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Air. Happy they; This vital breath
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Air. Happy they; This vital breath
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Accompagnato. Deeper and deeper still, thy goodness, child
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Chorus. How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Chorus. How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun, in clouds
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun, in clouds
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. A father, off'ring up his only child / Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. A father, off'ring up his only child / Air. Waft her, angels, through the skies
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne'er yet were stain'd / Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, whose hands ne'er yet were stain'd / Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Recitative. Rise, Jeptha, and ye rev'rend priests, withhold / Air. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Recitative. Rise, Jeptha, and ye rev'rend priests, withhold / Air. Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live
5:15
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. For ever blessed be Thy holy name
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. For ever blessed be Thy holy name
1:1
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Theme sublime of endless praise
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Theme sublime of endless praise
3:16
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Let me congratulate this happy turn / Air. Laud her, all ye virgin train
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Let me congratulate this happy turn / Air. Laud her, all ye virgin train
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, let me fold thee in a mother's arms / Air. Sweet as sight to the blind
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, let me fold thee in a mother's arms / Air. Sweet as sight to the blind
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety / Air. 'Tis Heav'n's all-ruling pow'r
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. With transport, Iphis, I behold thy safety / Air. 'Tis Heav'n's all-ruling pow'r
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Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. My faithful Hamor, may that Providence / Quintet. All that is in Hamor is mine
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. My faithful Hamor, may that Providence / Quintet. All that is in Hamor is mine
3:50
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Chorus. Ye house of Gilead, with one voice
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Chorus. Ye house of Gilead, with one voice
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Appendix. Recitative. Again Heav'n smiles / Air. Freedom now
Jephtha, HWV 70
Appendix. Recitative. Again Heav'n smiles / Air. Freedom now
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Waft her, angels, through the skies
Jephtha, HWV 70
Waft her, angels, through the skies
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so, or these vile Ammonites,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Air. Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Air. Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs
3:31
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. No more to Ammon's god and king,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. No more to Ammon's god and king,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. But Jeptha comes.
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. But Jeptha comes.
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Air. Virtue my soul shall still embrace,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. 'Twill be a painful separation, / Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 2. Recitative. 'Twill be a painful separation, / Air. In gentle murmurs will I mourn,
5:57
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Happy this embassy,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Happy this embassy,
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Act 1. Scene 3. Air. Dull delay,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Air. Dull delay,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls, / Air. Take the heart you fondly gave,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls, / Air. Take the heart you fondly gave,
4:40
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. I go. / Duet. These labours past,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 3. Recitative. I go. / Duet. These labours past,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 4. Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? / Accompagnato. If, Lord, / Recitative. If, Lord,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 4. Recitative. What mean these doubtful fancies of the brain? / Accompagnato. If, Lord, / Recitative. If, Lord,
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Act 1. Scene 4. Chorus. O God,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 4. Chorus. O God,
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Act 1. Scene 7. Recitative. Such, Jeptha,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 7. Recitative. Such, Jeptha,
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Act 1. Scene 7. Chorus. When His loud voice in thunder spoke,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 7. Chorus. When His loud voice in thunder spoke,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. Glad tidings of great joy to thee,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Cherub and seraphim,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Chorus. Cherub and seraphim,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Air. Up the dreadful steep ascending,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis well. / Air. Tune the soft melodious lute,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 1. Recitative. 'Tis well. / Air. Tune the soft melodious lute,
5:36
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Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. Again heav'n smiles once more on / Recitative. Zebul, thy deeds were valiant;
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 2. Recitative. Again heav'n smiles once more on / Recitative. Zebul, thy deeds were valiant;
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Act 2. Scene 2. Air. His mighty arm,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 2. Air. His mighty arm,
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Act 2. Scene 2. Chorus. In glory high,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 2. Chorus. In glory high,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Symphony / Recitative. Hail, glorious conqueror,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Symphony / Recitative. Hail, glorious conqueror,
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Act 2. Scene 3. Air. Welcome as the cheerful light, / Recitative. Horror, confusion!
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Air. Welcome as the cheerful light, / Recitative. Horror, confusion!
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Air. Open thy marble jaws,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Air. Open thy marble jaws,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Why is my brother thus afflicted?
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. Why is my brother thus afflicted?
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Accompagnato. First perish thou, / Air. Let other creatures die?
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Accompagnato. First perish thou, / Air. Let other creatures die?
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, / Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Recitative. If such thy cruel purpose, / Air. On me let blind mistaken zeal
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Quartet. Oh, spare your daughter,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 3. Quartet. Oh, spare your daughter,
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Act 2. Scene 4. Recitative. Such news flies swift. / Accompagnato. For joys so vast too little is the price
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Recitative. Such news flies swift. / Accompagnato. For joys so vast too little is the price
1:38
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Act 2. Scene 4. Air. Happy they!
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Air. Happy they!
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Accompagnato. Deeper, and deeper still,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Accompagnato. Deeper, and deeper still,
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Act 2. Scene 4. Chorus. How dark, O Lord,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 2. Scene 4. Chorus. How dark, O Lord,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Hide thou thy hated beams, / Accompagnato. A father, off'ring up his only child
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Hide thou thy hated beams, / Accompagnato. A father, off'ring up his only child
2:51
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Waft her, angels,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Air. Waft her, angels,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, / Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Accompagnato. Ye sacred priests, / Air. Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe
4:11
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Recitative. Rise, Jeptha, / Air. Happy, Iphis shall thou live,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Recitative. Rise, Jeptha, / Air. Happy, Iphis shall thou live,
6:11
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Act 3. Scene 1. Arioso. For ever blessed be Thy holy name,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Arioso. For ever blessed be Thy holy name,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Theme sublime of endless praise,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 1. Chorus. Theme sublime of endless praise,
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Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Let me congratulate this happy turn, / Air. Laud her,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Let me congratulate this happy turn, / Air. Laud her,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, let me fold thee in a mother's arms, / Air. Sweet as sight to the blind,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. Oh, let me fold thee in a mother's arms, / Air. Sweet as sight to the blind,
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Jephthah, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. With transport, / Recitative. My faithful Hamor,
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Recitative. With transport, / Recitative. My faithful Hamor,
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Act 3. Scene 2. Air - Duet & Quintet. All that is in Hamor mine, / Amen. Hallelujah
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 3. Scene 2. Air - Duet & Quintet. All that is in Hamor mine, / Amen. Hallelujah
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Act II: 'Tune the Soft Melodious Lute'
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act II: 'Tune the Soft Melodious Lute'
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Recitative. First perish thou; and perish all the world
Jephtha, HWV 70
Recitative. First perish thou; and perish all the world
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Arioso. Let other creatures die
Jephtha, HWV 70
Arioso. Let other creatures die
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Recit. Deeper, and deeper still / Air. Waft her, angels
Jephtha, HWV 70
Recit. Deeper, and deeper still / Air. Waft her, angels
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Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so
Jephtha, HWV 70
Act 1. Scene 1. Accompagnato. It must be so
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