G F Handel

Joseph and his brethren

This is Part 1
Part 2 is on the next page,
Part 3 the page after that.

You can freely and lawfully download a printable score for this Work from IMSLP - the Petrucci Music Library - though it may not be exactly the same as the one used to make the Midi Files below, and it probably won't be as good as a proper paid-for engraved and printed score.

There appear to be many different versions of this Work, with several clearly written by Handel himself. The IMSLP reference above includes both an Orchestral version (edited by Fr. Chrysander), in English and German, and a Vocal version (L. Hellwig), in German. There is also an unattributed English Vocal Score (similar to but not the same as the German one). This latter was used to make most of the Files below.

There is an excellent, and "complete", performance of this Work by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale, under Nicholas McGegan, on YouTube starting here.

Here is a "clickable" Table of the available Midi Files for this Work (my thanks to Max, of Choralia, for much help with these). The Table entries in green relate to Sections which exist in the IMSLP Chrysander Orchestral Score but not in the Vocal Score version first used to make these Files.

Joseph and his brethren - Part 1
UNemphasized	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
1: Ouverture	None	None	None	None
2: Be firm, my soul . . . Come, divine inspirer, come	None	None	None	None
3: Joseph, thy fame has reached . . . great Pharaoh's ear	None	None	None	None
Part 1 Scene 2 No 3, Recitative: Pardon, that I so long forgot thee, Joseph! (Phanor/Joseph)
4: Ingratitude's the queen of crimes	None	None	None	None
5: Thus, stranger, I have . . . laid my troubled thoughts	None	None	None	None
6: O God of Joseph
7: Pharoah, thy dreams are one	None	None	None	None
8: Divine interpreter!	None	None	None	None
9: O lovely youth, with wisdom crown'd	None	None	None	None
10: Wear, worthy man, this Royal signet	None	None	None	None
11: Joyful sounds, melodious strains
Part 1 Scene 4 No 1, Recitative: Whence this unwonted ardour in my breast? (Asenath) Part 1 Scene 4 No 2, Air: I feel a spreading flame within my veins (Asenath) Part 1 Scene 4 No 3, Recitative: Fair Asenath (Joseph/Pharaoh/Potiphera/Asenath)) Part 1 Scene 5 No 1, Duet: Celestial virgin! Godlike youth! (Joseph/Asenath)
12: Now, Potiphera, instant to the temple	None	None	None	None
13: Marcia	None	None	None	None
14: 'Tis done, the sacred knot is tied	None	None	None	None
15: Powerful guardians of all nature	None	None	None	None
16: Immortal pleasures crown this pair
17: Glorious and happy is thy lot	None	None	None	None
18: Since the race of time began 19: Swift our numbers, swiftly roll

That's the end of Part 1. Part 2 is on the next page
Part 3 is on the page following that.