Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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Composition Year | 1829-02-23 |
Genre Categories | Arias; For voice, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; |
Work Title | Tutto è silenzio |
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Alternative. Title | Tutto è silenzio, Dei clementi |
Composer | Mendelssohn, Felix |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | MWV H 2 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFM 209 |
Key | C minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 (ca.68 bars) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1829-02-23 |
Librettist | Gaetano Rossi (1774–1855) Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782) |
Language | Italian |
Dedication | Anna Milder-Hauptmann |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | soprano, orchestra |
Extra Information | Fragment |
Tutto è silenzio is an concert aria dedicated to soprano Anna Milder-Hauptmann written in 1829. In a letter dated April 15, 1829, Fanny Mendelssohn described rehearsing this piece with Milder-Hauptmann while Felix was abroad in England. The soloist requested that Fanny phrase the vocal part, a request Fanny considered "ridiculous" but agreed to comply with (see Todd, p.195). The libretto is a combination of two libretti: Rossi's 'Tebaldo e Isolina' (recitative) and Metastasio's 'Alcide al bivio' (aria). Only a few pages of the manuscript survive.