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As such, “Ah! lo veggio” can be best understood as a compound binary form with an up-tempo
stretta. 37
Figure 4: Ah! lo veggio (compound binary with stretta / somewhat rondo-like)
A: │B: │A': │B': interrupt / trans. C: (Allegro)
I (Bb) I -V (F) I (Bb) I (Bb) + V/V – V prolong. I (Bb) + play out
(m. 1-14) (m. 14-42) (m. 43-57) (m. 57-92) (m. 92-99) (m. 100-126) (126-133)
14 m. 29m. 15 m. 34 m. 8 m. 27 m. 8 m.
[28 total] [42 total measures] [34 total measures]
As in “Un’ aura amorosa,” the sections are tonally closed until the striking interruption in
m. 92, which transitions from the B' section to the C section in the new
allegro tempo. (Example 6)
37 Jack Westrup, et al. "Aria." The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, volume 1, ed. Stanley Sadie. (London:
Macmillan Press Limited, 1992) 173.
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