Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Recitativo
From	Atto primo, Scena III
Key	g minor → F sharp major
Meter	C

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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: Und nach der sechsten Stunde
  CPE Bach
• Recitative: Und ging ein wenig fürbass
  CPE Bach
• Recitative: Und er ging hinaus, nach seiner Gewohnheit
  CPE Bach

Categories

• Handel bass recits ›
• Handel tenor recits ›
• Handel opera recits ›
• Recits in g minor ›
• Recits in F sharp major ›
• Recits in C meter ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 22
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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