by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Quella cetra, ah, pur tu sei
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: GER
Quella cetra, ah, pur tu sei, Che addolcì gli affanni miei, Che d’ogni alma a suo talento, D’ogni cor la via s’aprì. Ah sei tu, tu sei pur quella, Che nel sen della mia bella Tante volte, io lo rammento La fierezza intenerì.
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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Volume Unico, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e Compagni, 1832, page 717.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 3. Pel giorno natalizio di Maria Teresa, Imperatrice Regina [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Quella cetra ah pur tu sei", WoO 99 no. 13, from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2020-02-17
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