L'amerò, sarò constante

L'amerò, sarò constante:
Fido sposo, e fido amante
Sol per lei sospirerò.

In sì caro e dolce oggetto
La mia gioia, il mio diletto,
La mia pace io troverò.

Translation(s): DUT ENG FRE GER

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Submitted by Marike Lindhout and Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Il re pastore [ 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), "L'amerò, sarò constante", K. 208, first performed 1775, from the opera Il re pastore, no. 10. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , "Zal haar beminnen, zal bestendig zijn", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I shall love her. I shall be faithful.", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Jeremy Sagnier) , "Je l'aimerai, je serai constant", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

Text added to the website: 2008-10-15.
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Dein bin ich, ja, dein auf ewig!

Dein bin ich, ja, dein auf ewig!
treu im Glücke, und treu im Leide,
all' mein Sinnen steht nur nach dir!

Du, o Theure, du heiss Geliebte,
mein Entzücken und all' meine Freude,
meinen Frieden find' ich bei dir.

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Authorship

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Il re pastore DUT ENG FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Go to the text.

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 ]

Text added to the website: 2018-01-03.
Last modified: 2018-01-03 09:26:45
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