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Händel's Opera pieces - Director teacher score
This score include the full score with the five parts grouped in 3 voices
First of all, I apologize for my english language mistakes !!
The repertoire included in Händel's Opera pieces is the culmination of a process of searching for musical material in Händel's opera repertoire, which can be used at the same time, outside of

its original compositional context, exclusively exalting its beauty as well as the genius of the its composer Georg Friedrich Handel.
The conditions that all the pieces of the volume had to fulfill were the following:
- To have a short duration to be used as teaching material in subjects of baroque technique and chamber music, collective subjects or even chamber orchestra subjects.
- They can be interpreted in trio chamber formations in the following combinations:
Voice 1    Violin, flute, oboe or clarinet.
Voice 2    Violin, viola, flute, oboe or clarinet.
Voice3    Violin, viola, cello, bassoon, flute, oboe or clarinet.  

They are of limited technical complexity in order to allow the performers to participate and at the same time enjoy listening the polyphony and counterpoint of Handel's compositional style.
This collection of 27 pieces have been mostly selected from Handel's vast opera production (44 operas or so depending on the criteria to be considered as operas or oratories) and the most

beautiful (but not famous), adapted to three-voice trio formations.

The pieces included are the following
1.    L’ultimo ballo (Alceste)
2.    Menuet (Almira )
3.    Final Gavotte of act I (Arianna in Creta)
4.    Overture Mussette (Alcina)
5.    Overture Andante (Berenice)
6.    Gavotte
7.    Symphony of act III (Xerxes)
8.    Il primo ballo (Alceste )
9.    3d movement of overtura (Arianna in Creta)
10.    3d movement overture (Ottone Re di Germania)
11.    Menuet I of organ concerto HWV 308 .
12.    Menuet II of òrgan concerto HWV 308
13.    Final Chorus (Lucio Cornelio Silla)
14.    Final Chorus ( Siroe Re di Persia)
15.    Overture menuet (Alcina)
16.    Menuet I of organ concerto HWV 310
17.    Duetto Il vostro maggio (Rinaldo)
18.    Overture menuet of acte I (Arminio)
19.    Act II Symphony (Arminio)
20.    Act III Symphony (Deidamia)
21.    Act I Symphony (Giustino).
22.    Passacaglia.
23.    Menuet from Tamerlano
24.    Scene 3 prelude (Agrippina)
25.    Act I Symphony (Xerxes)
26.    Overture 3d movement (Faramondo).
27.    Scene 3 act II (Teseo - Arianna in Creta)

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Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Paul Simon, was the last song written for the last Simon and Garfunkel album. It was a huge worldwide hit in 1970, selling six million copies and winning several Grammies. Yet the song nearly wasn’t released as a single at all; radio stations at the time rarely played songs longer than three minutes and Bridge Over Troubled Water came in at five. This version is arranged as a duet for one Violin and one Viola.

Musicians at an intermediate level and above will find this ideal for formal and informal concert performances, with plenty of opportunity for expressive playing and dynamic contrast. The overall performance time is around four and a half minutes. The short sample audio is from the Clarinet and Alto Saxophone version while the full-length youtube performance is the Clarinet Duet.

Teachers will enjoy using this arrangement as a fun way to help with ensemble skills. There are some challenging syncopated rhythms, though knowing the original song well will help.

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