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by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 1803)

Per onor farsi ammazzare!
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Per onor farsi ammazzare!  
Ma Taddeo, che te ne pare?
Meglio è star nell'osteria,
meglio è fare il locandier.
Ma se il cielo ha decretato
questo mio generalato:
ricusar! sì bassa idea
saria d'anima plebea
troppo ignobile pensier.
Su dunque alla reggia:
sul trono la figlia
regina si veggia,
e veggasi il padre
di belliche squadre
Taddeo condottier.
Mia cara locanda,
cari ospiti addio:
già pongo in oblio
l'antico mestier.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 1803) [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 Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Per onor farsi ammazzare!", 1784, first performed 1784, from opera Il re Teodoro in Venezia, no. 24 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-05
Line count: 19
Word count: 70

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