Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Rigaudon
From	Atto terzo, Balli
Key	D major
Meter	C
Structure	da capo il Passapied

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: Tutto può donna vezzosa
  Handel
• Accompagnato: What scenes of horror
  Handel

Categories

• Handel opera instrumental ›
• Instrumental in D major ›
• Instrumental in C meter ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 214
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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