by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti il piacer de' sonni tuoi con l'idea del mio piacer. Abbia il rio passi più lenti; e sospenda i moti suoi ogni zeffiro leggier.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade [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 Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti", from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti" [ flutes, horns, bassoon, strings, soprano voice ], from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 horns, oboe, 2 english horns, bassoon, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti", from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti", RV 725 [ horn, strings, alto voice, and continuo ], from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Whilst you enjoy your slumber", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-28
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