Se minore è in noi l’orgoglio (Trapassi) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Se minore è in noi l’orgoglio

Language: Italian (Italiano)


Se minore è in noi l’orgoglio,
la virtù non è minore;
né per noi la via d’onore
è un incognito sentier.
 
Lungi ancor dal Campidoglio
vi son alme a queste uguali;
pur del resto de’ mortali
han gli dei qualche pensier.

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Authorship

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Attilio Regolo [ 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)

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Text added to the website: 2018-06-11 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2018-08-15 19:33:22

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Word count: 41

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