Never was a greater name | Never was a greater name

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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Del forte Licida

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

TUTTO IL CORO
Del forte Licida
nome maggiore
d'Alfeo sul margine
mai non suonò.
 
PARTE DEL CORO
 
Sudor più nobile
del suo sudore
l'arena olimpica
mai non bagnò.
 
ALTRA PARTE
 
L'arti ha di Pallade;
l'ali ha d'Amore;
d'Apollo e d'Ercole
l'ardir mostrò.
 
TUTTO IL CORO
 
No; tanto merito,
tanto valore
l'ombra de' secoli
coprir non può.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, "Del forte Licida", written 1733, appears in Olimpiade, first published 1733 [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 Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Del forte Licida", 1756, first performed 1756 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, satb chorus, strings, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Never was a greater name", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-31
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Never was a greater name

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

ALL
Never was a greater name
heard upon the banks
of the River Alpheios
than that of mighty Lycidas!

SOME
The sand of the Olympic grounds
has never been bathed
in nobler sweat
than his.

OTHERS

His are the skills of Pallas,
the wings of Cupid,
and he has shown the courage
of Apollo and Hercules.

ALL

No, the shade of centuries
will never obscure
such merit
and such valor!

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, "Del forte Licida", written 1733, appears in Olimpiade, first published 1733
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 70