Händel Friedrich Georg – Lascia Ch’io Pianga
(aria from opera ‘Rinaldo’)
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (23 February 1685 (O.S.) [(N.S.) 5 March] – 14 April 1759) is a German, later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.
Three scores available:
For Voice & Piano (F major – original)
For Voice & Piano (E-flat major)
For Voice & Piano (D major)