by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Se povero il ruscello
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Se povero il ruscello Mormora lento e basso, Un ramoscello, un sasso Quasi arrestar lo fa. Ma se alle sponde poi gonfio d'umor sovrasta, argine oppor non basta, e co' ripari suoi torbido al mar sen va.
N. Vaccaj sets stanza 1
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Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio [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), "Se povero il ruscello", HWV 29 (1732), first performed 1732, from opera Ezio [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Se povero il ruscello", 1741, first performed 1741 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Introduzione al trillo", stanza 1, from Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Kendree Chen) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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