by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757)
O quam vaga, venusta, o quam decora
Language: Latin
O quam vaga, venusta, o quam decora, Ospes nostrae victoriae unica, et vera. Tentoria vultu tuo ducis honora Et cuncta ab Holoferne attende, et spera. Quem vides prope, aspectu Terribili, et suavi, Quem quaeris, ipse hic est: amore, et fide, In ipso pulcra Sion spera, et confide.
Authorship:
- by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757) [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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "O quam vaga, venusta, o quam decora", RV 644 (1716), first performed 1716, from the oratorio Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-24
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