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| title = Perché più franco | | title = Perché più franco | ||
| english-title = | | english-title = That your fatherly love | ||
| composer = | | composer = [[Pietro Torri]] | ||
| lyricist = | | lyricist = [[Domenico Lalli]] | ||
| work = | | work = [[Abramo]] | ||
| catalogue = | | catalogue = | ||
| role = | | role = Isacco | ||
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ed in terra, ed in cielo. | ed in terra, ed in cielo. | ||
ecco la via che tal mi rende. | ecco la via che tal mi rende. | ||
su prepara ormai il bel colpo felice, | su prepara ormai il bel colpo felice, | ||
se tra noi di lagnarsi or più non lice. | se tra noi di lagnarsi or più non lice. | ||
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ed' in terra, ed' in Cielo. | ed' in terra, ed' in Cielo. | ||
ecco la via che tal mi rende. | ecco la via che tal mi rende. | ||
su prepara ormai il bel colpo felice, | su prepara ormai il bel colpo felice, | ||
se tra noi di lagnarsi or più non lice. | se tra noi di lagnarsi or più non lice. | ||
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| country =United Kingdom | | country =United Kingdom | ||
| language-note = | | language-note = | ||
| libretto-text =}} | | libretto-text =<poem>'''Recitativo''' | ||
Father, enough! | |||
Even if your pain | |||
confirms you enough, my father, | |||
me, your son, confirms my valour. | |||
I was fathered by you for glory, | |||
on earth as it is in heaven. | |||
Here is the path that will provide it. | |||
Come now, prepare the beautiful and joyful blow, | |||
If among us now lamenting is no longer permitted. | |||
I commend only my dear mother | |||
to your love. | |||
Goodbye, father. | |||
'''Aria''' | |||
That your fatherly love | |||
may be more sincere and stronger, | |||
my dear father | |||
Do not think of me anymore. | |||
Before you kill me | |||
You can pretend to yourself | |||
That the one you want to kill | |||
Is not your son.<ref name="FR"/></poem> | |||
}} | |||
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==Context and translator's notes== | |||
God demands that Abraham prove his loyalty by sacrificing his son, Isaac (Genesis 22:1-13). While in the original bible passage, Isaac is bound and silent while Abraham prepares the sacrifice, in Lalli's/Torri's version he is willing to give his life. Lalli makes it quite clear that for Isaac, sacrificing himself for God is a heroic deed. It might prove an interesting future task for scholars to find out what motivated Lalli to this change. It stands to reason that heroic sacrifice was to be glorified, and the sacrifice of an Isaac that finds heroism in his deed might have fit better into the politics of the day (maybe as preparation for a war) than, e. g., Jesus' entirely passive attitude. (FR, 2021) | |||
==Manuscripts and sheet music== | ==Manuscripts and sheet music== | ||
[[File:Incipit of Perche piu franco e forte.jpg|thumb|400px|alt=Incipit of Perche piu franco e forte|Incipit of ''Perche più franco e forte''<ref name="Bayerische"/>]]<!-- incipit --> | [[File:Incipit of Perche piu franco e forte.jpg|thumb|400px|alt=Incipit of Perche piu franco e forte|Incipit of ''Perche più franco e forte''<ref name="Bayerische"/>]]<!-- incipit --> | ||
Free Score at the IMSLP: | Free Score at the IMSLP: | ||
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|archive-date={{date|2021-10-15|MDY}} | |archive-date={{date|2021-10-15|MDY}} | ||
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<ref name="FR">English translation by Birikein & FR, 2021</ref> | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[Category:18th-century music]] | [[Category:18th-century music]] | ||
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