by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
Qual piacer a un cor pietoso Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Qual piacer a un cor pietoso l'apportar sollievo a' miseri: prendi tu ancora, prendi. Ma rassembra tormentoso il veder fra turbe tante che vi manchi un zelo amante, che il lor stato almen commiseri.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Qual piacer a un cor pietoso", HWV 6 no. 5 (1709), first performed 1709, from opera Agrippina, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "What pleasure to a pious heart", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-05
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