Larghetto

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel (arr. Jack Bullock)

Subtitle: From Handel's Xerxes

General Info

Year: 1738 / 1994
Duration:
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Written in 1738, Xerxes is one of the last operas composed by Handel. The melody from the section marked 'Larghetto' has had a life of its own, having been arranged for almost any instrument or combination of instruments. Possibly its degree of success is in its simplicity and the ease with which it can be remembered.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Randy Schwalbe, conductor) – 4 March 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
• Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
• Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
• Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)

All Wind Works

• Air and Finale (arr. Balent) (1717/1989)
• Amen (arr. Grace) (1741/2003)
• Antiphonal Alleluia (arr. Liebergen) (1746/1999)
• Ariodante Suite (arr. Elledge) (1735/2004)
• Arm, Arm, Ye Brave (arr. Barrow) (1746/1980)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Allen) (1748/2007)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Kenny) (1748/1988)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Ricketts) (1748/2004)
• Concerto Grosso, Op 6
• Concerto Op. 5, No. 6 (arr. Werle)
• Conquering Hero Comes, The, from "Judas Maccabeus"
• Dead March from "Saul"
• Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Marlatt) (1748/2011)
• Finale Grandioso (arr. Philip Gordon) (1724/1973)
• Fughetta (tr. Conley) (/1986)
• The Gods Go A-Begging (arr. Beecham; arr. Duthoit; rev. Leidzen) (1929/1947)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
• Hallelujah (arr. Davis and Longfield) (1741/2004)
• Hallelujah, Amen (arr. Barnes) (1741/1986)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr Ades) (1741/1958)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Barnes) (1741/1988)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Chiaffarelli) (1741/1941)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Glover) (1741/2016)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Johnson) (1741/1951)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Longfield) (1741/1994)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Rondeau) (1741/2010)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
• A Handel Celebration (arr. Erickson) (1985)
• Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
• The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. Osterling) (1720/1992)
• The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. Syler) (1720/2020)
• Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves (arr. Barrow) (1726/1973)
• Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
• Hornpipe from "Water Music Suite" (1717/)
• La Rejouissance (arr. Williams) (1749/1996)
• La Rejouissance from "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (arr. Seipp) (1749/1994)
• Larghetto (arr. Bullock) (1738/1994)
• Larghetto (arr. Molenaar) (1739-40/1955)
• Largo (arr. Barnes) (1738/1988)
• Largo (arr. Fagan) (1738/2004)
• Largo (arr. Hautvast) (1738/)
• Lascia Ch'io Pianga (arr. Tamura) (1711/2014)
• Let Me Weep (arr. Haan) (1711/2004)
• March and Gavotte (arr. King) (1705/1956/1990)
• Menuet Varié (Clarinet Choir) (arr. Hautvast) (/2011)
• Menuet Varié (Saxophone Quartet) (arr. Hautvast) (/2011)
• Messiah Overture (arr. Johnson) (1741/1966)
• The Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Boudreau) (1749/1959)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Brubaker) (1749/2005)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Erickson) (1749/1997)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (rescored Hindsley) (1749/197-?)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (ed. Hogwood) (1749/2009)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Leenhouts) (1749/2021)
• The Music for the Royal Fireworks (ed. Mackerras and Baines) (1749/1960)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (ed. Rodenmacher) (1749/)
• Music for Two Wind Bands (arr. Schaefer) (1977)
• No Shade So Rare (arr. Forsblad) (1738/1999)
• An Occasional Suite (arr. Osterling) (1746/1958)
• Overture in D Minor (arr. Wüthrich) (1817/1995)
• Passacaglia (arr. Longfield) (c. 1720/2014)
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Sartorius) (1749/1941)
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Schaefer) (1749/1982)
• Sarabande (arr. Daehn) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
• Sarabande (arr. Gingery) (1703-1706/1733/1976)
• Sarabande (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1703-1706/1733/2012)
• Sarabande (arr. Hautvast) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
• Slow March from "Scipio"
• Song of Jupiter (arr. Anderson) (1743/1952)
• Suite from "Messiah" (trans. Curnow) (1741/1989)
• A Suite of Baroque Dances (arr. Kinyon) (1979/1995)
• Thanks Be to Thee
• Three Chorales for Band (with Pasquini and Tchaikovsky; arr. Thornton) (1992/2004)
• Three Movement from "Water Music" (arr. Wagner) (1715/2014)
• Water Music (arr. Longfield) (1717/1997)
• Water Music Suite (arr. Erickson) (1717/1985)
• Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)
• Water Music Suite (arr. Kay) (1717/1950)
• Zadok the Priest

Resources

• Serse, Wikipedia Accessed 28 March 2018