Se povero il ruscello
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Se povero il ruscello
Mormora lento e basso,
Un ramoscello, un sasso
Quasi arrestar lo fa.
Ma se alle sponde poi
gonfio d'umor sovrasta,
argine oppor non basta,
e co' ripari suoi
torbido al mar sen va.
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• N. Vaccaj N. Vaccaj sets stanza 1
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Se povero il ruscello", HWV 29 (1732), first performed 1732, from opera Ezio, no. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Se povero il ruscello", 1741, first performed 1741 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Introduzione al trillo", stanza 1, from Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Kendree Chen) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 37
If the stream is weak
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
If the stream is weak
It murmurs, slow and low,
A twig, a stone,
Almost cause it to stop.
But then if its slopes
it overflows, swollen with water,
the embankment cannot to stop it,
and [the water] within its banks
roils into the sea.
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