Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Recitativo
From	Atto I, Scena III
Key	C major → d minor
Meter	C

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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

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  CPE Bach
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  Handel
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Categories

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Notes

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 218 (Appendix)

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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