Contro l'empio s'impugni la spada

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Assalonne
by Antonio Caldara
First page of Assalonne
First page of Assalonne, 1720[1]
EnglishAbsalom
Other nameAssalone[2]
LibrettoGiacomo Antonio Bergamori
Premiere
Date23 February 1720[1][2]
LocationVienna: 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]. An alternate spelling is "Assalone", as used by Stanford University[2]

Year Album
2020 La Vanità del Mondo (Album)

Libretto

Contro l'empio s'impugni la spada


Italy

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 mercè.

Source: Libretto, 1920[3]

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Assalonne (Caldara, Antonio)". IMSLP. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. 1720. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Caldara, Antonio. "Assalone". OpeningNight. Stanford. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  3. 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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