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Rinaldo

Opera by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)

. Lascia ch'io pianga la cruda sorte
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri la libertà!

Il duol infranga queste ritorte
de' miei martiri 
sol per pietà.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)
Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Maryanna Morthensen

. Cara sposa
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Cara sposa, amante cara,
Dove sei?
Deh! Ritorna a' pianti miei!
Del vostro Erebo sull'ara,
Colla face dello sdegno
Io vi sfido, o spirti rei!

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

. Venti, turbini
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Venti, turbini, prestate
Le vostre ali a questo piè!
Cieli, numi, il braccio armate
Contro chi pena mi diè!

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

. Abbrugio, avampo e fremo
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Abbrugio, avampo e fremo
Di sdegno e di furor.

Spero, ma sempre temo
D'un infernal error.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759)
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

. Vo' far guerra, e vincer voglio
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Vo' far guerra, e vincer voglio,
Collo sdegno chi m'offende
Vendicar i torti miei.

Per abbatter quel orgoglio,
Ch'il gran foco i sen m'accende,
Saran meco gli stessi dei.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 [ strings, oboes, harpsichord, and soprano voice ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Ah, crudel
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Recitativo accompagnato
Dunque i lacci d'un volto,
Tante gioie promesse,
Li spaventi d'inferno,
Forza n'avran per arrestar quel crudo?
E tu il segui, o mio core!
Fatto trofeo d'un infelice amore!
No! si svegli 'l furore,
Si raggiunga l'ingrato,
Cada a' miei piè svenato! Ohimè! Che fia?
Uccier l'alma mia?
Ah! Debole mio petto,
A un traditor anco puoi dar ricetto?
Su, su, furie , ritrovate
Nova sorte di pena e di flagello!
S'uccida, sì… ah!, ch'è troppo bello!

Aria:

Ah! crudel,
Il pianto mio
Deh! Ti mova per pietà!

O infedel,
Al mio desio
Proverai la crudeltà.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Ah, crudel", alternate title: "Dunque i lacci d'un volto", HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, soprano voice, continuo ], from opera Rinaldo, no.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Cor ingrato, ti rammembri
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Cor ingrato, ti rammembri,
E non scoppi di dolor?

Ma se stupido rassembri,
Ti risvegli il mio furor!

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ soprano voice and continuo ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Col valor, colla virtù
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Col valor, colla virtù
Or si vada a trionfar.

Dall'indegna servitù
L'alta prole io vo' ritrar.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Al trionfo del nostro furore
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Al trionfo del nostro furore
Or corriamo que' mostri a legar.

Che poi, caro/cara, questo core
Dolce premio ti vuol dar!

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, soprano and bass voices, continuo ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Molto voglio, molto spero
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Molto voglio, molto spero
Nulla devo dubitar.

Di mia forza all'alto impero
Saprò il mondo assoggettar.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ oboe, strings, and soprano voice ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Augelletti, che cantate
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Augelletti, che cantate,
Zefiretti che spirate
Aure dolci intorno a me,
Il mio ben dite dov'e!

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ piccolo, 2 flutes or recorders, strings, soprano voice ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Siam prossimi al porto
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Siam prossimi al porto,
Per prender conforto
Al nostro penar.

Ch'il cor si consoli,
Il duolo s'involi
Da chi sa sperar.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Il vostro maggio
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Il vostro maggio
De' bei verdi anni,
O cori amanti,
Sempre costanti
Sfiorate in amore!

Né un falso raggio
D'onor v'affanni,
Che sol beato
Chi amante amato
Possede un bel core.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Il tricerbero umiliato
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Il tricerbero umiliato
Al mio brando renderò,

E d'Alcide l'alto fato
Colà giù rinoverò.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Mio cor, che mi sai dir?
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Mio cor, che mi sai dir?
O vincer, o morir,
Sì, sì, t'intendo!

Se la mia gloria freme,
Sol da una bella speme
Io pace attendo.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Sorge nel petto
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Sorge nel petto
Certo diletto
Che bella calma
Promette al cor.

Sarà il contento,
Doppo gran stento
Coglier la palma
Del nostro ardor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. È un incendio fra due venti
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
È un incendio fra due venti,
Fra due fiamme questo cor.

Ha di gloria gli alimenti,
Lo nodrisce un fermo amor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Di Sion nell'alta sede
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Di Sion nell'alta sede
La virtute ed il valore
Oggi solo si vedrà.

Ch'alfin nobile mercede
D'alma grande, nobil core,
È una bella felicità.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Or la tromba in suon festante
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Or la tromba in suon festante
Mi richiama a trionfar.

Qual guerriero e qual amante,
Gloria e amor mi vuol bear.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ 4 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, continuo ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Solo dal brando
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Solo dal brando,
Dal senno solo.
Della vittoria
Nasce il piacer.

Ma un cor amando
Ferma il suo volo,
Né della gloria
Cura il pensier.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Vinto è sol della virtù
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Vinto è sol della virtù
Degli affetti il reo livor.

E felice è sol qua giù
Chi dà meta a un vano cor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Andate, o forti
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Andate, o forti,
Fra stragi e morti
Senza timore
Or colà su!
Ch'omai v'è guida,
Compagna fida,
Tra quell'horrore
Fatal virtù.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ alto voice and continuo ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Basta, che sol tu chieda
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Basta, che sol tu chieda,  
per ottener da me,
bocca amorosa.

Solo, che il cor ti veda,
tutto si perde in te,
guancia vezzosa.

Text Authorship:

  • by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

. Parolette, vezzi e sguardi
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Almirena:
Parolette, vezzi e sguardi,
Son di donna i forti dardi
Per combatter’ ogni cor.

Con tal armi cadde Alcide,
Così adesso Amor m’arride
Per far schiavo un vincitor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), HWV 7 (1711), first performed 1711 [ soprano and orchestra ], Werke, Breitkopf & Härtel, Lepizig, 1896
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

1. Sovra balze scoscesi e pungenti
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Sovra balze scoscesi e pungenti
Il suo tempio la gloria sol ha.

Né fra gioie, piaceri e contenti
I bei voti ad apprender si va.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Only atop steep and sharp crags", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

2. Combatti da forte, che fermo il mio sen
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Combatti da forte, che fermo il mio sen
Piacer ti prepara, contenti d'ognor.

Con face di gloria bell'iri seren
Adesso risplenda nell'alto tuo cor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

3. Ogni indugio d'un amante
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Ogni indugio d'un amante
È una pena acerba e ria.

Il timore sempre lo sferza,
La speranza seco scherza,
Or lo prova l'alma mia.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Any delays to a lover's repose", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

4. Sulla ruota di fortuna
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Sulla ruota di fortuna
Va girando la speranza.

Ma se un cor virtute aduna,
Gl'è sol base la costanza.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Upon Fortune's wheel", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

5. Sibillar gli angui d'Aletto
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Sibillar gli angui d'Aletto,
E latrar vorace Scilla,
Parmi udir d'intorno a me.

Rio velen mi serpe in petto,
Né ancor languida favilla
Di timor, pena mi diè.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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6. No, no, che quest'alma
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
No, no, che quest'alma
Scontenti non dà,
Con placida calma
Giovare sol sa.

Ch'e grande il diletto
D'un nobile petto,
Ch'a gloria sen va.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "No, no, this soul", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

7. Vieni o cara, a consolarmi
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Vieni o cara, a consolarmi
Con un sguardo tuo seren!

Il tuo volto può bearmi,
E scacciar il duol dal sen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Come, o dearest, to console me", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

8. Furie terribili!
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Furie terribili!
Circondatemi,
Sequidatemi
Con faci orribili!

Text Authorship:

  • by Giacomo Rossi (flourished 1710-1729)

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Ye dreaded furies!", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
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