Sprezza il furor del vento | Sprezza il furor del vento

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

Sprezza il furor del vento

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Sprezza il furor del vento
robusta quercia, avvezza,
di cento verni e cento
l'ingiurie a tollerar.

E se pur cade al suolo,
spiega per l'onde il volo,
e con quel vento istesso
va contrastando in mar.

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• F. Veracini

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Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Adriano in Siria [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 Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782), "Sprezza il furor del vento", first performed 1765, from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1732, first performed 1732 [ strings and tenor voice ], from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1752, first performed 1752 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, tenor voice, continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Sprezza il furor del vento" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1734, first performed 1734, from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
by Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 1768), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1735, first performed 1735 [ strings, oboes, and bass voice ], from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-07
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Word count: 36