Bacio l'ombre e le catene
La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista | |
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Oratorio a 5 con Instrumenti | |
by Antonio Maria Bononcini | |
English | The Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist |
Genre | Oratorio |
Occasion | Lent |
Libretto | Giovanni Domenico Filippeschi |
Premiere | |
Date | 1709 |
Location | Vienna[1] |
"Bacio l'ombre e le catene" is an aria from the oratorio La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista (Engl.: The decapitation of St. John the Baptist) by Antonio Maria Bononcini. The author of the libretto is Giovanni Domenico Filippeschi.
The manuscript indicates Gaetano (Orsini) as the singer.
It appears on the following album:
Year | Album | Ensemble |
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2020 | La Vanità del Mondo (Album) | Ensemble Artaserse |
Libretto
Modernized Italian | |
Bacio l'ombre e le catene |
Ancient Italian | |
Bacio l'ombre e le catene Source: Manuscript, 1709[1] |
I kiss the shadows and the chains |
Ancient German poetic translation | |
Ich kuß jene schwere Ketten Source: Libretto, Vienna, 1709[3] |
Sources
- Free Score at the IMSLP:
- Copyist of Vienna
- Manuscript, n.d. (ca.1709).
- Public Domain
- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): Mus.Hs.17066
- "La decollazione di S. Giovanni Batista (Bononcini, Antonio Maria)". IMSLP. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- Libretto in German
- Die Enthaubtung Deß H. Johannes Deß Tauffers: Oratorio In der Röm. Kayserl. Majest. Josebh Deß Ersten Hof-Capellen
- Wälsch gesungen / Im Jahr 1709 *
- Componirt / Von dem Herrn Abbate Gioan Domenico Filippeschi,
- der Röm. Kays. Majest. geistlichen Compositoren,
- Mit der Music / Deß Herrn Antonio Bononcini
- Gedruckt zu Wienn / Bey den Cosmerovischen Erben / der Röm. Kayserl. Majest. Hof-Buchdruckeey.
- Autor/in Giovanni Domenico Filippeschi
- Verlag Bey den Cosmerovischen Erben, 1709
- Original: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
*)"wälsch" (referring to the language) = dated for "German";
"Wälsch gesungen" = "Sung in Italian"
- Die Enthaubtung Deß H. Johannes Deß Tauffers. Bey den Cosmerovischen Erben. 1709. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "La decollazione di S. Giovanni Batista (Bononcini, Antonio Maria)". IMSLP. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ↑ English translation: Birikein & FR, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Die Enthaubtung Deß H. Johannes Deß Tauffers. Bey den Cosmerovischen Erben. 1709. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
Further reading
- "La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista". Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- Glüxam, Dagmar. "Orsini, Gaetano Felice". Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.