Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Air
From	Atto primo, Balli
Key	B flat major
Meter	2/4
Structure	da capo

About the text

• Author: Nicola Francesco Haym
• Adapted by Nicola Francesco Haym from L’amor tirannico by Domenico Lalli. The story is derived from Tacitus’ Annals, book xii. Lalli’s text was based on the earlier French play L’amour tyrannique by Georges de Scudéry.

Instrumentation

Similar instrumentation

• Aria: Pensieri voi mi tormentate
  Handel
• Accompagnato: Voi, che mie fide ancelle un tempo foste
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• Aria: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlange
  JS Bach

Categories

• Handel opera arias ›
• Arias in B flat major ›
• Arias in 2/4 meter ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 67
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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