Italian Sacred Cantatas
HWV | Title | Voice | Composed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
230 | Ah! che troppo ineguali or O del ciel! Maria regina | Soprano | 1708-00-00?Rome 1707–08 | Recitative and aria. |
233 | Donna, che in ciel | Soprano | 0000-00-00 | First performance: ?2 February 1708, Rome on the "anniversary of the deliverance of Rome from the earthquake on the feast of the Purification of the Virgin." |
234 | Il pianto di Maria or Giunta l'ora fatal | Soprano | 0000-00-00 | Spurious. Misattributed to Handel; composed by Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710–91). |
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