Tigrane

All'acquisto di gloria
e di fama tra belliche schiere
di trombe guerriere
mi chiama il fragor.

Ma portando del caro mio bene
fisse all'alma le gravi sventure
avrò sempre dure
le pene nel cor.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli, appears in Tigrane [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), first performed 1715 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings, soprano voice, continuo ], from the opera Tigane.
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Sì, sì, l'indegno cada,
pera, mora l'empio traditor.
Ma pietosa e non severa 
pur mi vuole il dio d'amor.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725) [ violins, soprano voice, continuo ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Esser deggio come un scoglio
che all'orgoglio
di due venti
senza moversi sen sta.

Hanno in petto egual valore
fede e amore,
ma costante forte 
il cor li sosterrà.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725)
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Care pupille belle,
stelle del idol mio,
da voi desio quest'alma
il suo ristoro.

Spera da voi la calma
l'ardente mio desio,
occhi del caro ben
che tanto adoro.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725)
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Lieto, costante e forte
incontro quella morte
che è vanto di mia fè.

E spero che dirà
mia bella fedeltà
quel che non sai da me.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725) [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Un solo sospiro,  
ch'esalo dal core,
acceso d'amore,
lo può fulminar.

E 'l brando, se giro,
vedrà quell'altero,
ch'amante, e guerriero
saprò trionfar.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Al valor di questa spada  
fia, che cada
il superbo al regio piè.

E vedrà, nel dì fatale,
quanto vale
cor d'amante, e cor di re.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Se mi manca la gloria d'amante,  
in me resti d'amico l'onor;
e se perdo quel caro sembiante,
sia mio vanto l'istesso dolor.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Prova eccelsa è di grandezza,    
non sprezzar l'umil bassezza
di mendica povertà.

A un tal don, ch'ogn'altro eccede,
io darò sol, per mercede,
servitù con fedeltà.

Text Authorship:

• by Sebastiano Biancardi (1679 - 1741), as Domenico Lalli [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):

Set by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), 1715, first performed 1715
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]