Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Recitativo
From	Atto terzo, Scena VIII
Key	B flat major → E flat 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

• Recitativo: E qui ancora si useria
  Haydn
• Recitative: Welch Entzücken!
  CPE Bach
• Recitativo: Bravo, fratello!
  Haydn

Categories

• Handel tenor recits ›
• Handel bass recits ›
• Handel opera recits ›
• Recits in B flat major ›
• Recits in E flat major ›
• Recits in C meter ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 186
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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