of the bugle, Of bombs, of cannons, Whose thunderous report Makes your ears ring. Cherubino, to victory: To glory in battle! The meter of the verse is anapestic trimeter for the first two stanzas, trochaic tetrameter for the remainder. The intricate rhyme scheme is [ABAC] [DEEC] [FF GG HH II] [JJJJJK LK], where the long series of -oni rhymes ([J]) supports the patter song describing the soldier's miseries. Music The aria is set in C major, in common time () and is in the style of a military march. It is 114 bars long and takes about four minutes to perform. Its vocal range and tessitura covers C to E. The melody often mimics the sound of a military bugle by concentrating on the natural harmonics (C–E–G–C). This effect is strengthened when horns are prominent several times in the orchestra. The final 14 bars are played entirely by the orchestra as the characters (in productions respecting the original stage direction ) march off the stage in military fashion. Reception The catchy tune and stirring military accompaniment have made this aria popular from the very beginning; indeed at the rehearsals of the premiere the performers burst spontaneously into bravos for the composer (for details see article on Francesco Benucci, who created the role). Mozart later quoted his own tune, played by a stage band as part of a medley sequence, in his opera Don Giovanni (1787) – evidently aware that the audience would instantly recognize it (the character Leporello, in Don Giovanni's Vienna premiere also sung by Benucci, ironically sings, – "Now that tune I know too well"). Mozart further reused this aria in the first of his Five Contredanses, K. 609 (1791). Harris calls "Non più andrai" "the most famous aria in the opera", continuing: "this is simply a great tune, a great comic piece ... Mozart at his most playful and entertaining." The march is currently the regimental slow march of the Coldstream Guards in the United Kingdom and the Governor General's Foot Guards in Canada. It is also the march of St John Ambulance in England. References External links , Joshua Bloom (bass), Garsington Opera, Douglas Boyd (conductor), John Cox (director), 2017 Arias from The Marriage of Figaro Opera excerpts 1786 compositions 1786 songs Compositions in C major Bass arias Songs about the military