by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Ognor tu fosti il mio
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ognor tu fosti il mio tenero padre amante; essere il tuo vogl’io tenero figlio ognor. E in faccia al mondo intero rispetterò regnante quel venerato impero che rispettai pastor.
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Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ciro riconosciuto [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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Ognor tu fosti il mio", 1751, first performed 1751 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Ognor fosti il mio" [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Ognor tu fosti il mio", 1739, first performed 1739 [ soprano voice, strings, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "You were always my father", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-09
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