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Description "Largo"

This is the aria "Ombra mai fù" from Handel's opera "Xerxes" (Serse), a love song of the King of Persia, Xerxes, to a tree.

It is one of Handel's best-known melodies and is often simply referred to as "Handel's Largo".

This orchestral version is an orchestration for orchestra by August Reinhard (1831-1912, German composer and author of a harmonium school).

Instrumentation
2 flutes
2 oboes
2 clarinets in Bb
2 bassoons
2 horns (in G)
3 trombones
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass

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