Chorus of the fates (Salid del Averno) (Francisco Valls)

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• CPDL #12708:  Sibelius 2

Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2006-09-27).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Some guesswork in setting words to the choral parts.

General Information

Title: Chorus of the fates
Composer: Francisco Valls

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Opera

Language: Spanish
Instruments: 2 violins and continuo
Published: 1742

Description: From Mapa Armonico Practico, manuscript, including this score, published by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas.

Composer describes this as "musica para el teatro" (music for the theatre -possibly an opera?) and explains that the chorus is sung by the "Parcas", i.e the fates.

Copy of manuscript is a little unclear in places owing to poor reproduction.

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Original text and translations

Spanish text

Salid del Averno ministros del ira que muertes conspira. Terrible el furor!

English translation

[Tentative: original text is obscure]

Come out of Hell, servants of wrath, who plot death. Terrible is your fury!