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A third dialogue follows between Rosina and Bartolo, ending in a bass aria ( "Non piu tacete"), very similar in its general style to the Calumny song, but usually omitted in performances.
The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876
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Dr. Hammond suggests, that one reason of Herod's sorrow was, because it was his birth-day festival, and it would be an ill omen to shed blood on that day, which, as other days of joy, used to be graced with acts of clemency; Natalem colimus, tacete lites -- We are celebrating the birth-day, let there be no contentions.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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5 Contremifate, & no feccabitk. loquimini in corde-vejlrofuper cubile yeflru -, & tacete.
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