by Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi (1754 - 1827)
Translation Singable translation by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946)
Madrigal alla Primavera
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Amica Primavera, De' tuoi piacer la schiera Dura, è ver, brevi giorni, Ma [ogn']1 anno a noi ritorni; In tutto a te simile Dell' età nell' aprile Fu la mia gioventù, Ma oh Dio! Fuggita non ritorna più!
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Confirmed with Poesie di Giovanni Gherardo di Rossi, tomo uno, Pisa: no publisher, 1798. Appears in Epigrammi, Madrigali, ed Epitaffi, page 65.
1 Wallnöfer: "ogni"Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi (1754 - 1827), "Madrigal alla Primavera", appears in Poesie, in Epigrammi, Madrigali, ed Epitaffi [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 Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Madrigal alla Primavera", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946) ; composed by Adolf Wallnöfer.
Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2019-08-03
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Word count: 39
An den Frühling
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)
O Frühling, lieber Frühling, wie rasch enteilet deine Zeit, kehrst du auch jährlich wieder mit lichtem, holdem Blütenkleid. Du gleichest mit deinen Freuden ganz dem Lenz meiner Jugend wie in den Tagen der ersten Liebe, doch, o Gott! Entschwunden ist das Jugendglück, und kehrt nimmer wieder, und kehrt nimmermehr zurück!
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946)
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi (1754 - 1827), "Madrigal alla Primavera", appears in Poesie, in Epigrammi, Madrigali, ed Epitaffi
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "An den Frühling", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2026-03-20
Line count: 11
Word count: 50