by Antonio Salvi (1664 - 1724)
La turba adulatrice
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
La turba adulatrice da me ritiri ‘l piè; basta che l'ira ultrice rimanga sol con me: vo’ vendicarmi. Regnante vilipeso, gl'oltraggi soffrirò? Padre dal figlio offeso, l'orgoglio non saprò punir coll'armi?
Authorship:
- by Antonio Salvi (1664 - 1724) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "La turba adulatrice", HWV 30 (1732), first performed 1732 [strings, tenor voice, and continuo], from the opera Sosarme, re di Media [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If only the fawning mob", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-13
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Word count: 31