Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Recitativo
From	Atto secondo, Scena IV
Key	D major
Meter	C → 2/4 → 3/2

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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

• Recitative: Amidst these horrors
  Handel
• Recitative: Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast
  CPE Bach
• Recitative: Petrus aber saß draußen im Palast
  CPE Bach

Categories

• Handel tenor recits ›
• Handel soprano recits ›
• Handel opera recits ›
• Recits in D major ›
• Recits in C meter ›
• Recits in 2/4 meter ›
• Recits in 3/2 meter ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 85
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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