Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Gigue
From	Atto secondo, Balli
Key	A major
Meter	6/8

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

• Accompagnato: O Athalia! tremble at thy fate!
  Handel
• Aria: O Athalia! tremble at thy fate!
  Handel
• Aria: Es ist vollbracht
  JS Bach

Categories

• Handel opera instrumental ›
• Instrumental in A major ›
• Instrumental in 6/8 meter ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 141
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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