Soprano voice & basso continuo SKU: HH.HH105-FSP
Composed by Benedetto Vinaccesi. Edited by Michael Talbot. Voice (Soprano) & Basso Continuo. Full score and parts. Duration 7 minutes. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH105-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH105-FSP). ISBN 9790708041559.
IThe text for Ingratissima Clori does not appear in Ottoboni’s Trattenimenti poetici, and its authorship is therefore uncertain. However, it exhibits one of Ottoboni’s most consistent stylistic ‘trademarks’ – the use of end rhyme throughout the recitative stanzas (i.e., not merely in a final couplet) – and the worldly wise view of romantic love expressed in it (amounting to: if one love object is unresponsive to you, seek another) is very much in his vein. It should be considered a candidate for his authorship. The text comprises two arias, each introduced by a short recitative. This is the ‘RARA’ layout that dominated the cantata around 1700, before becoming displaced from favour in its turn by the even more condensed ‘ARA’ layout.
