by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
Pastorello d'un povero armento
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Pastorello d'un povero armento pur dorme contento, sotto l'ombra d'un faggio o d'alloro. Io, d'un regno monarca fastoso, non trovo riposo, sotto l'ombra di porpora e d'oro.
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), "Pastorello d'un povero armento", HWV 19 (1725), first performed 1725 [tenor, strings, and continuo], from the opera Rodelinda [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A shepherd, though his flock be poor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
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