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Serbate, o Dei custodi Della Romana sorte, In Tito, il giusto, il forte, L'onor di nostra età. Voi gl'immortali allori Su la Cesarea chioma, Voi custodite a Roma La sua felicità. Fu vostro un sì gran dono; Sia lungo il dono vostro; L'invidii al mondo nostro Il mondo che verrà.
W. Mozart sets stanza 1
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Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 251.
The text appears in "La Clemenza di Tito", atto I, scena V
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1734, appears in La Clemenza di Tito [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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Serbate, o Dei custodi", 1735, first performed 1735 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Serbate, o Dei custodi", K 621 no. 5 (1791), first performed 1791, stanza 1, from opera La clemenza di Tito, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Serbate, o Dei custodi", D 35 (1812), published 1940 [ vocal quartet, mixed chorus, tenor with basso continuo ], 3 composition exercises (during Schubert's studies with Salieri) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Serveu, oh déus custodis", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Preserve, o gods", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Gardez, ô Dieux gardiens", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Gardez, ô Dieux tutélaires Du destin de Rome, En Titus le juste, le puissant, L'honneur de notre époque. Les lauriers immortels Sur le front de César Veillez pour Rome Sur son bonheur. Le vôtre fut un si grand don, Que votre don dure longtemps, À notre monde il est envié Par le monde à venir.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1734, appears in La Clemenza di Tito
This text was added to the website: 2011-11-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 55