La Libertà
sopano, violin & basso continuo
Full score and parts
Green, Maurice
La Libertà is the most original, and among the most attractive, of Maurice Greenes secular vocal compositions on Italian texts. Strong circumstantial evidence indicates that he wrote it as a composition for the celebrated operatic singer Faustina Bordoni to sing as a grateful farewell to her English patrons and admirers just before her final departure from London in the summer of 1728. The song commemorates not only Faustina but also her constant companion and reputed lover, the violinist Mauro dAlay, who is likely to have been the original player of the obbligato violin part with which the vocal part interweaves. Greene took the text from an Italian translation of A Letter from Italy, a famous poem by Joseph Addison extolling liberty, which was at the time seen as a distinguishing characteristic of England.
Edition HH
13.40 EUR
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GN番号：GN1520713
出版番号：HH456FSP