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'''"{{lang|it| | '''"{{lang|it|Forz'è pur nel proprio sangue}}"''' is an aria from the oratorio "Il faraone sommerso" (Engl.: The drowned pharao) by [[Nicola Fago]]. The author of the libretto remains unknown. The piece premiered in 1790.<ref name="IMSLP"/> | ||
The plot is set around the events detailed in Exodus 14. | |||
''"Forz'è pur nel proprio sangue"'' appears on the following album: | |||
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| title = Forz'è pur nel proprio sangue | | title = Forz'è pur nel proprio sangue | ||
| english-title = | | english-title = It is our destiny | ||
| composer = [[Nicola Fago]] | | composer = [[Nicola Fago]] | ||
| lyricist = anonymous | | lyricist = anonymous | ||
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Ahi, che men’ dura sorte | Ahi, che men’ dura sorte | ||
era il giogo portar | era il giogo portar | ||
che girne | che girne a morte. | ||
'''Aria''' | '''Aria''' | ||
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ò perir gioco del mar.}}</poem> | ò perir gioco del mar.}}</poem> | ||
<div class="footnotes"><poem> | <div class="footnotes"><poem> | ||
''From the manuscript, 1709-1700''<ref name="IMSLP"/> | |||
<nowiki>*)</nowiki>"gioco" must be "giogo" | <nowiki>*)</nowiki>"gioco" must be "giogo" | ||
<nowiki>**)</nowiki>"forz'è" = " | <nowiki>**)</nowiki>"forz'è" = "è necessario" | ||
(analogue to the French ''"il faut"'') | |||
</poem></div> | |||
}}{{Libretti | }}{{Libretti | ||
| country =United Kingdom | | country =United Kingdom | ||
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it was to bear the yoke | it was to bear the yoke | ||
than to be driven to death. | than to be driven to death. | ||
<ref name="FR"/></poem>}} | |||
'''Aria''' | |||
It is our destiny to drown | |||
In our own blood or in the waves | |||
Either we fall, exsanguinated by the sword, | |||
Or we die, tossed about by the sea.<ref name="FR"/></poem>}} | |||
</div> | </div> | ||
{{Clear|left}} | {{Clear|left}} | ||
==Context== | |||
The role of the messenger (ital: ''"messo"'') fulfils the one of an immersed narrator, transporting the narrative parts of the bible passage to the listener. The aria has its typical function of making the characters' emotions palpable, here those of the Israelites who believe they are being driven into the water. Fago's librettist stays very close to the biblical original. | |||
<poem> | |||
'''Exodus 14, 8-12.''' | |||
8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. | |||
9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. | |||
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. | |||
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? | |||
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. | |||
''(King James Version)''<ref name="Bible"/></poem> | |||
==Sheet music== | ==Sheet music== | ||
[[File:Incipit forse pur.jpg|400px|thumb|alt=Incipit of " | [[File:Incipit forse pur.jpg|400px|thumb|alt=Incipit of "Forz'è pur nel proprio sangue"|Incipit of "Forz'è pur nel proprio sangue"]] | ||
Free Manuscript | Free Manuscript | ||
(''" | (''"Forz'è pur"'': p. 105 ff | ||
:Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1709-99). | :Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1709-99). | ||
:Public Domain | :Public Domain | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|refs= | {{Reflist|refs= | ||
<ref name="Bible"> | |||
{{cite web | |||
| url = https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2014&version=KJV | |||
| title = Exodus 14, King James Version | |||
|access-date={{date|2021-11-12|MDY}} | |||
|archive-date={{date|2021-11-12|MDY}} | |||
| publisher = Bible Gatewway | |||
| pages = | |||
| language = | |||
| archiveurl = https://archive.ph/uofnP | |||
}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="IMSLP"> | <ref name="IMSLP"> | ||
{{cite web | {{cite web | ||
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|quote=}} | |quote=}} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
<ref name="FR">English translation by Birikein & FR, 2021</ref> | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:18th-century music]] | [[Category:18th-century music]] | ||
[[Category:sacred]]<!-- secular or sacred --> | [[Category:sacred]]<!-- secular or sacred --> | ||