Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Ouverture
Key	e minor
Meter	C → 3/4
Tempo	Largo → Allegro

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

• Menuetto
  Handel
• Coro: D’atra notte
  Handel
• Aria: Ah! crudel, Il pianto mio
  Handel

Categories

• Handel opera instrumental ›
• Instrumental in e minor ›
• Instrumental in C meter ›
• Instrumental in 3/4 meter ›
• Tempo Largo ›
• Tempo Allegro ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 5
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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