Mozart composed the aria in October 1765 while staying at The Hague during the family's British-European tour when he was nine years old. Both of the Mozart children, Wolfgang and his sister Nannerl, were quite ill at the time. It was slightly revised in January 1766, possibly for a performance for Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau. In his list of Wolfgang's works which he started in 1768 in Vienna, his father Leopold entered this piece as no. 2 of 15 Italian Arias, composed in London and The Hague (German: 15 Italiänische Arien theils in London, theils im Haag Componiert).
| Librettist | Pietro Metastasio |
| Date of composition | 1765 (October) |
| Type | Aria |
| Tonality | A Major |
| Catalogue | KV 23 |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
Strings |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Conservati fedele en la majeur, KV 23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Conservati fedele in la maggiore, KV 23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Conservati fedele A-dur, KV 23 |