No, la morte io non pavento

No, la morte io non pavento,  
se alla patria, al genitore
frutta, oh numi! il vostro amore
e di pace il bel seren.

Agli elisi andrò contento,
e riposo avrà quest'alma,
se in lasciare la mia salma
vita e pace avrà il mio ben.

Submitted by Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

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), "No, la morte io non pavento", K. 366 (1781), first performed 1781 [2 oboes, 2 horns, soprano voice, strings], from the opera Idomeneo, no. 27. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Text added to the website: 2018-06-12.
Last modified: 2018-08-15 19:36:04
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.      - Emily Ezust

Browse imslp.org (Petrucci Music Library) for Lieder or choral works