by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Come il candore
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Come il candore D'intatta neve È d'un bel core La fedeltà. Un'orma sola Che in sé riceve Tutta ne invola La sua beltà.
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Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1730, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie [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 Joel Balzun (b. 1990), "Il candore d'un core", 2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Canti della fato e amore, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Come il candore", HWV 28, first performed 1731, from opera Poro, re dell'Indie [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Introduzione alle volate", from Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano, no. 10, note: Questa lezione si comincerà col prendere il tempo Adagio poi si affretterà fino all'Allegro secondo l'abilità dell'allievo. [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
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