Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Aria
From	Atto primo, Scena VI
Key	A major
Meter	3/8
Tempo	Allegro
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

• Aria: Nulla praevalebit lues
  Buxtehude
• Motet: Ecce quàm bonum, & quam jucundum
  Campra
• Air: Les arbres réjouis agitent leur feuillage
  Jacquet de La Guerre

Categories

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• Tempo [Allegro] ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 39
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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