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    Acis and Galatea (HWV 49) is a musical work by George Frideric Handel with an English text by John Gay. The work has been variously described as a serenata...
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    (1761) Acis and Galatea, by Nicolas Poussin (c. 1629–1630) Acis and Galatea, by Nicolas Bertin Acis und Galatea, by Jacob van Schuppen (c. 1730) Acis, Galatea...
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  • by George Frideric Handel Acis and Galatea, or Acis et Galatée, a 1686 opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully Acis (disambiguation) Galatea (disambiguation) This...
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    Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72) is a serenata for three voices by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed at Naples on 19 July 1708; the completed...
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    wealthy Duke of Chandos employed a group of musicians and singers, and where Acis and Galatea, Handel's first non-religious vocal work in the English language...
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    English oratorios Esther and Deborah, he was able to invest again in the South Sea Company. Handel reworked his Acis and Galatea which then became his most...
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    Acis et Galatée (Acis and Galatea) is an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Unlike most of his operas, which are designated tragédies en musique, Lully called...
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    Frideric Handel over a period of two years, 1717–18. Handel lived at Cannons, where he composed his oratorio Esther and his pastoral opera Acis and Galatea. Handel...
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    the genre became increasingly associated with patriotic topics. Acis and Galatea (Handel) is another successful example. There are isolated examples throughout...
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    Polyphemus (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    throwing the huge rock that kills Acis and even injures Galatea. Later in the century, Jean-Baptiste Lully composed his opera Acis et Galatée (1686) on the theme...
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