But hark!

the heavenly sphere turns around

(Dear sister, how was your passage hither?)
Frn operan "Semele"
Text och musik: G. F. Hndel

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Soprano 1

how

j #

"Dear sis - ter,

&c

Alto 2

how

"Dear sis - ter,

&c

Alto 1

how

j

#

"Dear sis - ter,

3

S1

&

S2

A1

A2

was

your

hi - ther?"

was

was

was

your

your

your

pas - sage

hi - ther?"

pas - sage

hi - ther?"

pas - sage

pas - sage

hi - ther?"

w
-

All

&

O - ver

O'er

hill

ma - ny

& #
3

how

& w
3

"Dear sis - ter,

&c

Soprano 2

Arr: Eva Toller 2007

and peop - led

states

and

ver

towns

#
town

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we

pass'd,

j
#

and

o'er

hills

and

ver

But hark! the heavenly sphere turns around

& .

S1

S2

& #
5

A1

val - ley,

& #.
5

A2

hill

&

fen

S2

A1

A2

fens,

-2-

ver

and

fen;

ver

fen;

ley,

j #

fen,

hill

and o'er un - whole- some

#
o'er bar - ren

moors, and

by

dread

by

dread

there,

and

waste;

ver

fens,

& #

and woods;

& #
8

and

j # .

and

& #
8

&
8

val

S1

and

and o'er de - sert

#
where

beasts

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N
in

ha

bit

ful

ful

dread

dread-ful

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& w

10

S1

S2

10

A1

den;

thro'

& #
10

A2

den.

& N
10

ful

&

S2

A1

12

A2

tell

me:

mean

&

while:

face of earth to touch.

we

-3-

such,

#.

we stopp'd not once;

fled,

through

the

They

that

or

they told me,

that

Jove,

# #

told

did

did

Jove

air

j # # j #

J
Mean - time

Jove

& # #
12

did

the

while

&
12

dens:

S1

all which path - less way our speed was

They

den;

&
12

me,

that,

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did

# #.

while through air

we fled,

that

that

But hark! the heavenly sphere turns around

S1

#
& #
15

S2

15

A1

dain.

&

18

&

###

### .
&
18

A1

&
18

A2

&

###
###

heav

turn

-4-

'nly

spere

ven

Hark!

But hark!

Hark!

But hark!

hea

Hark!

turns

'round,

turn

'round,

Hark!

ven

But

Hark!

the

18

S2

dain.

But hark!

###

Jove did thus or - dain.

###

Jove did thus or - dain.

or

S1

###

& #
15

A2

### #

&
15

Hark!

Hea

'round,

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hark!

the

But hark!

and

ly

turn

and

'round,

si - lence now,

n.
now

is

But hark! the heavenly sphere turns around

###
&
21

S1

21

S2

&
21

A1

&

###
###

spere

'round

###
&

turn

'round

j .
and si - lence now

###
&

S1

###
&
24

S2

24

A1

&
24

A2

&

###
###

sound,

drow - ned

in

ec - sta

#
.
in

ec - sta - cy

sound,

in

ec

ec

sta- cy of

cy

of

sta- cy of

of sound.

ec

of

ec - sta - cy

in

in

ec

sound,

sound,

-5-

in

is

in

drow - ned

24

in ec

21

A2

sta

cy

of

sound!

sta

cy

of

sound.

cy

of

sound.

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sta

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###
&
26

S1

26

S2

&
26

A1

&

###
###

###
&

How

How

A2

S1

&

###
&

A2

&

###

charm'd,

the

char'md,

is

air

all

is charm'd,

the

air,

and

as if all har - mo- ny were

har - mo - ny

as

-6-

is

###

###
&

29

air

a sud - den the still

29

A1

the

air

29

S2

How

29

How on

26

if

the

har - mo

n.
just

larm'd, a

har - mo

air

ny

char

lar

- med,

and

al

med,

j . .

a - larm'd!

is

lar - med!

ny were

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And

al

And ev - 'ry soul with trans - port

now

#
a

lar

But hark! the heavenly sphere turns around

32

S1

&
32

S2

&
32

A1

&

###
###

###
&
32

A2

###

is

n #

ter - nate - ly,

fill'd, al - ter

j n

ter - nate - ly

thaw'd

al - ter - nate - ly

nate

j n

med;

-7-

al - ter - nate - ly

is

ly,

thaw'd,

is

and

thaw'd

and

j a n . #

al - ter - nate - ly is thaw'd and

al - ter - nate - ly is thaw'd and

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chill'd.

chill'd.

chill'd.

chill'd.