by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Chi possessore è del mio core
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Chi possessore è del mio core  
può senza orgoglio chiamarsi re.

Io ch'ho spezzato più d'un impero
ho a te piagato l'animo altero
e più d'un soglio val la mia fé.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Chi possessore è del mio core", HWV 31 (1733), first performed 1733, from opera Orlando, no. 11

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Whoever owns my heart", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-20
Line count: 5
Word count: 31