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G F Handel

Theodora

This page 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 is a competent but restrained performance of this Work by various soloists, the Glyndebourne Chorus, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with William Christie, conductor, on YouTube starting here.
There is another, rather more exuberant, performance here with a much bigger Chorus - the Salzburger BachChor - and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ivor Bolton.

Here is a "clickable" Table of the available Midi Files for this Work:-

Theodora - Part 1
UNemphasized Soprano  Alto  Tenor  Bass 
PART ONE
1: Ouverture,
. . Trio,
. . Courante
None None None None
Scene 1
2a: 'Tis Diocletion's natal day
None None None None
2b: Go, my faithful soldier None None None None
3: And draw a blessing down yes yes yes yes
4: Vouchsafe, dread Sir None None None None
5: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire None None None None
6: For ever thus stand fix'd the doom yes yes yes yes
Scene 2
7: Most cruel edict
None None None None
7b: The raptur'd soul None None None None
8: I know thy virtues None None None None
8b: Descend, kind Pity None None None None
Scene 3
9: Though hard, my friends
None None None None
9b: Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu! None None None None
10: O bright example None None None None
10b: Bane of virtue None None None None
11: Come, mighty Father yes yes yes yes
Scene 4
12: Fly. Fly, my brethren
None None None None
13: As with rosy steps the morn None None None None
14: All pow'r in Heav'n above yes yes yes yes
Scene 5
15: Mistaken wretches
None None None None
15b: Dread the fruits of Christian folly None None None None
16: Deluded mortal! None None None None
17: O worse than death indeed! None None None None
17b: Angels, ever bright and fair None None None None
Scene 6
18: Unhappy, happy crew
None None None None
18b: Kind Heaven, if virtue be thy care None None None None
Scene 7
19: O Love, how great thy pow'r!
None None None None
20: Go, gen'rous, pious youth yes yes yes yes

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

That's the end of the Work.

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Files originally uploaded in Mar/15.