Ah! perfido

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Song TitleAh! perfido (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):Pietro Metastasio
Keyword(s) & Features: Adoring; Anger; Barbarity; Beloved; Betrayal; Cruel; Death; Delight; Deserving; Despicable; Dying; Faithless; Farewell; Fleeing; Following; Gods; Grief; Hearts; Heaven; Idols; Imagination; Justice; Leaving; Lightning; Living; Mercy; Pity; Pleading; Punishing; Recitative; Revenge; Rewards; Sadness; Shadows; Traitors; Treacherous; Tyranny; Vengeance; Vengeful; Wounds; Wrath
First LineAh! perfido, spergiuro, barbaro traditor, tu parti? (Search)
Average Duration14:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1796 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W8114_GBLLH1020109
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsEnlightenment (Search)
Original LanguageItalian (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e7/IMSLP48279-PMLP53545-Beethoven_Lieder_Peters_9535_Op_65_Ah_perfido.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6hhbVMVrCHQCNYOFYCrBtg
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/ah-perfido-2/
Catalog DesignationOp. 65 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: C4 - Bb5 (Search)
Original KeyC Major (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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