Difference between revisions of "Contro l'empio s'impugni la spada"
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| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|it|Contro l'empio s'impugni la spada! | |||
Non è figlio chi fido non è. | |||
Egli cada! | |||
Egli si atterri! | |||
Preda resti di ceppi, e di ferri, | |||
Che un fellone non merta mercé.}}</poem> | |||
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Non è figlio chi fido non è. | Non è figlio chi fido non è. | ||
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Che un fellone non merta mercè.}}</poem><div class="footnotes"><poem>Source: Libretto, 1920<ref name="Libretto"/></poem></div>}} | Che un fellone non merta mercè.}}</poem><div class="footnotes"><poem>Source: Libretto, 1920<ref name="Libretto"/></poem></div>}}{{Libretti | ||
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A disloyal son is no longer a son. | |||
He must fall! | |||
He must be struck down! | |||
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For who breaks allegiance does not deserve mercy.<ref name="English"/></poem><div class="footnotes"><poem></poem></div> | |||
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Revision as of 11:09, 25 October 2021
Assalonne | |
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by Antonio Caldara | |
English | Absalom |
Other name | Assalone[2] |
Libretto | Giacomo Antonio Bergamori |
Premiere | |
Date | 23 February 1720[1][2] |
Location | Vienna: Hofkapelle |
Contro l'empio s'impugni la spada is an aria from the oratorio Assalonne (Engl.: Absalom, Ger: Abschalom or Absalom) is an oratorio by Antonio Caldara with a libretto by Giacomo Antonio Bergamori. It premiered in 1720, at the Hofkapelle (court chapel) in Vienna[1].
Year | Album |
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2020 | La Vanità del Mondo (Album) |
Libretto
from Assalonne
Antonio Caldara (music), Giacomo Antonio Bergamori (words)
Modernized Italian | |
Contro l'empio s'impugni la spada! |
Ancient Italian | |
Contro l'empio s'impugni la spada. Source: Libretto, 1920[3] |
Against the wicked take up the sword! |
Sources
- Free Score at the IMSLP:
- Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1720).
- Copyist of Vienna
- Public Domain
- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17058
- "Assalonne (Caldara, Antonio)". IMSLP. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. 1720. Retrieved October 21, 2021.[1]
- Free Libretto
- Assalonne / Oratorio / Cantato / Nell'Augustissima Capella
- Della Sac. Cesarea, e Catt. Real / Maesta' / di / Carlo VI.
- Imperador / de' Romani / Sempre Augusto / L'Anno M. DCC.XX
- Musica del Sig. Antonio Caldara, Vice-Maestro di Cappella di S. M. Ces. e Catt.
- Vienna d'Austria / Appresso Gio. Van Ghelen, Stampatore d Corte di S. M. C. e C.
- Caldara, Antonio (1720). "Assalone". Google Books. Gio. Van Ghelen, Stampatore d Corte di S. M. C. e C. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Assalonne (Caldara, Antonio)". IMSLP. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. 1720. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Caldara, Antonio. "Assalone". OpeningNight. Stanford. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Caldara, Antonio (1720). "Assalone". Google Books. Gio. Van Ghelen, Stampatore d Corte di S. M. C. e C. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
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Further reading
- Kirkendale, Ursula (1966). Antonio Caldara, Sein Leben und seine venezianisch-römischen Oratorien. Böhlau, Universität Wien. Musikwissenschaftliches Institut.
- "Joab". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.