Recapitulation | In the season of flowers

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Alla stagion de' fiori

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Alla stagion de' fiori
E de' novelli amori,
È grato il molle fiato
D'un zeffiro legger.
O gema fra le fronde,
O lento increspi l'onde,
Zeffiro in ogni lato
Compagno è del piacer.

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Cantate, in 4. Il Quadro Animato, in L'armonica [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 Joel Balzun (b. 1990), "Zeffiro", 2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Canti della fato e amore, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Riepilogo", from Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano, no. 22 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Recapitulation", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 33

Recapitulation

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

In the season of flowers
and new loves,
the soft wind is grateful to encounter
a sprightly zephyr.

Whether he moans 'neath the bushes,
or slowly ripples the waves,
Zephyrus is in all places
the faithful companion of Pleasure.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Cantate, in 4. Il Quadro Animato, in L'armonica
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 39