Gemo in un punto e fremo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Gemo in un punto e fremo;
fosco mi sembra il giorno;
ho cento larve intorno;
ho mille furie in sen.
Con la sanguigna face
m’arde Megera il petto;
m’empie ogni vena Aletto
del freddo suo velen.
Authorship:
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), "Gemo in un punto e fremo", 1733, first performed 1733, from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Gemo in un punto e fremo", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Gemo in un punto e fremo", 1756, first performed 1756 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "All at once I moan and tremble", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-05-12
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Word count: 36
All at once I moan and tremble
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
All at once I moan and tremble;
the day seems to me dark and fearsome;
I have a hundred ghosts within me
and a thousand furies in my heart.
With her bloody face,
Megaera burns my heart,
and Alecto injects all my veins
with her icy poison.
Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
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Word count: 47