Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Aria
From	Atto terzo, Scena VII
Key	e minor
Meter	C
Tempo	Adagio → allegro → adagio
Structure	dal segno

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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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• Quartetto: O cedere o perir
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Categories

• Handel alto arias ›
• Handel opera arias ›
• Arias in e minor ›
• Arias in C meter ›
• Tempo Adagio ›
• Tempo allegro ›
• Tempo adagio ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 179
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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