Composer

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Benedetto Marcello

Genre

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Vocal

Style

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Vocal Music

Compose Date

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1717

Publication Date

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1717

Average_duration

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5:01

"Se morto mi brami, SF. 463" is a vocal work composed by Benedetto Marcello, an Italian composer, writer, and magistrate of the Baroque period. The piece was composed in the early 18th century, and its premiere date is unknown. The work is a solo cantata for soprano voice and continuo, consisting of three movements. The first movement is an aria in A minor, marked "Largo," and is characterized by its mournful and melancholic melody. The second movement is a recitative in A minor, marked "Adagio," and features a more declamatory style of singing, with the soprano delivering the text in a speech-like manner. The final movement is another aria in A minor, marked "Allegro," and is more lively and energetic than the first movement, with a faster tempo and more complex melodic lines. The text of "Se morto mi brami" is a lamentation on the inevitability of death and the transience of life. The soprano sings of the fleeting nature of human existence, and the futility of worldly pursuits in the face of mortality. The music reflects this theme, with its mournful and melancholic melodies in the first movement, and its more energetic and lively character in the final movement, which suggests a sense of acceptance and resignation in the face of death. Overall, "Se morto mi brami, SF. 463" is a beautiful and poignant work that showcases Marcello's skill as a composer of vocal music. Its themes of mortality and the transience of life are timeless and universal, and its music is both expressive and technically impressive.

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