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Buy the PDF score here: https://www.earlymusicscores.com/shop... Composed by Giacomo Carissimi (c.1605-1674). From The British Library, Harley MS 1265, ff.1r-12v. Emma Kirkby, soprano Anthony Rooley, lute, theorbo Carissimi’s Lamento, composed around 1650, is based on a text likely written by Giovanni Filippo Apolloni. The cantata portrays the Catholic Queen, Mary Stuart, addressing her executioner before her death. The opening line, “Ferma lascia ch’io parli” (“Stop, let me speak”), captures the queen's final moments, followed by an aria in adagio to the words “A morire, a morire” (“To die, to die”). Carissimi’s musical setting of this emotionally charged text follows a tripartite cantata form. It opens with an extended arioso recitative in 4/4 time, followed by an adagio aria in 3/4, and concludes with a return to 4/4 recitative. Between the thrice-repeated refrain “A morire”, Mary asserts her innocence and decries the injustice of her situation. She also expresses love and gratitude for her ladies-in-waiting while condemning London and its ruler, Elizabeth I, whom she describes as the "second Jezebel." Most of the text is set in the first person, though the concluding section shifts to the third person. At this point, the performer becomes an omniscient, angelic narrator who affirms that the unconquered Queen Mary has safely reached her heavenly destination. Reference: Bukofzer, M. (1947). Music in the Baroque Era. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Carter, T. (2004). Lament. Grove Music Online. https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/978156159... Carter, T. (2013). The Oxford History of Western Music, Volume II: Music in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Burney, C. (1789). A General History Of Music: From The Earliest Ages to the Present Period. United Kingdom: Author. Hawkins, J. (1858). A General History of the Science and Practice of Music. United Kingdom: J.A. Novello.