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

Destrier, che all'armi usato
 (Sung text for setting by P. Anfossi)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Destrier, che all’armi usato
fuggì dal chiuso albergo,
scorre la selva, il prato,
agita il crin sul tergo
e fa co’ suoi nitriti
le valli risonar.
 
Ed ogni suon che ascolta
crede che sia la voce
del cavalier feroce
che l’anima a pugnar.

Composition:

    Set to music by Pasquale Anfossi (1727 - 1797), "Destrier, che all'armi usato" [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The warhorse, accustomed to arms", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-21
Line count: 10
Word count: 43