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61 Popoli di Tessaglia! (Thessaly’s people) K.316 Raniero da Calzabigi Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart English version by Lorraine Noel Finley Piano reduction by John Verrall Text from Act I, Scene 2 of Gluck’s opera Alceste. Alcestis, exemplary wife and mother, who has pledged to the gods to die in place of her husband, King Admetus, comes to join the Thessalians in lamentation and prayer for pity. Recitativo . Andante sostenuto e languido P t Aloestis. Po - po-li di Tes- Ss Thes - sa-ly’s peo- ple, ste >

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