by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Perché tarda è mai la morte
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Perché tarda è mai la morte, quando è termine al martir? A chi vive in lieta sorte è sollecito il morir.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1730, first published 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 Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Perché tarda è mai la morte", HelN 78 no. 23 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 23 [sung text checked 1 time]
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