Se tu della mia morte

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"Se tu della mia morte" ("If you of my death") is an aria from act 3 of Alessandro Scarlatti's 1697 opera La caduta de' decemviri[1] (The fall of the decemviri) to a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia.[2]

The da capo aria in G minor is accompanied only by a basso continuo. Its time signature is 12/8 to a tempo of andante and it is 24 bars long. The vocal range for a castrato soprano is from D4 to F5.[3] It has been transposed to various keys for different voice types.

The aria gained popularity as a concert aria when it appeared in 1886 in the collection Arie antiche by Alessandro Parisotti, published by Casa Ricordi in Milan.[4]

Lyrics

Appio Claudio has just attempted suicide, but Valeria, who loves him despite his rejection, has prevented it. "If I cannot die by my own hand, may your eyes kill me."[1]

Se tu della mia morte
a questa destra forte
la gloria non vuoi dar,
dalla a'tuoi lumi.

E il dardo del tuo sguardo
sia quello che m'uccida
e mi consumi.

Would'st thou the boast of ending
a life and love of feuding
deny to this right hand,
grant it to thine own eyes.

As lances keen, thy glances
be swift and sure in slaying
a heart they so despise.[5]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780253112361
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  2. ^ Caduta de' decemviri, La, roles and details (in Italian)
  3. ISBN 9780674640320
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  4. ISBN 9782870099926
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  5. ISBN 9781457488351
    . K 09869.

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