by Gianbattista Varesco (1735 - 1805)
Translation by Collet Dobson Collet (1812 - 1898)
Placido è il mar, andiamo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): FRE
CORO: Placido è il mar, andiamo; Tutto ci rassicura. Felice avrem ventura, Sù,sù, partiamo or or'. ELETTRA: Soavi zeffiri Soli spirate, Del freddo borea L'ira calmate. D'aura piacevole Cortesi siate, Se da voi spargesi Per tutto amor.
Authorship:
- by Gianbattista Varesco (1735 - 1805) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Placido è il mar, andiamo", K 366 no. 15 (1781), first performed 1781, from opera Idomeneo, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Franz Wilhelm Abt.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Collet Dobson Collet)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mer est paisible, allons", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 37
Calm is the glassy ocean
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
Calm is the glassy ocean, hope smiles once more serenely, gently, our bark securely rideth, and soft winds fill our sails. Ye gentle zephyrs sweetly breathing, calm ye the fury of Boreas proud blowing, smooth and refreshing, soften his rigor, gently now sending breezes soft and calm.
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Authorship:
- by Collet Dobson Collet (1812 - 1898) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gianbattista Varesco (1735 - 1805)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-01-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 47