Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Recitativo
From	Atto III, Scena XI
Key	E major → A major
Meter	C → 2/4

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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

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Categories

• Handel alto recits ›
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• Recits in E major ›
• Recits in A major ›
• Recits in C meter ›
• Recits in 2/4 meter ›

Notes

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 227 (Appendix)

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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