by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
Qual piacer a un cor pietoso
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Qual piacer a un cor pietoso l'apportar sollievo a' miseri: prendi tu ancora, prendi. Ma rassembra tormentoso il veder fra turbe tante che vi manchi un zelo amante, che il lor stato almen commiseri.
Authorship:
- by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710) [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), "Qual piacer a un cor pietoso", HWV 6 no. 5 (1709), first performed 1709, from opera Agrippina, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "What pleasure to a pious heart", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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