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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Intervalli di quinta

(Sung text for setting by N. Vaccaj)

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Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

 ... 

Avvezzo a vivere
Senza conforto
In mezzo al porto
Pavento il mar.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.

Composition:

Nicola Vaccaj

Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1731, appears in Demetrio

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Fifths", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

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Fifths

(Sung text translation for setting by N. Vaccaj)

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Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

 ... 

Accustomed to living
a life deprived of comfort,
I fear the sea
even in the midst of port.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (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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