by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
Venere bella
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Venere bella, per un istante, deh! mi concedi le grazie tutte del dio d'amor. Tu ben prevedi che 'l mio sembiante dée far amante un regio cor.
Authorship:
- by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730) [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), "Venere bella", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 26. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Beauteous Venus", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-02
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