by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Come il candore Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Come il candore D'intatta neve È d'un bel core La fedeltà. Un'orma sola Che in sé riceve Tutta ne invola La sua beltà.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Come il candore", HWV 28, first performed 1731, from opera Poro, re dell'Indie, no.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1730, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 23