by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Se povero il ruscello Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Se povero il ruscello Mormora lento e basso, Un ramoscello, un sasso Quasi arrestar lo fa. Ma se alle sponde poi gonfio d'umor sovrasta, argine oppor non basta, e co' ripari suoi torbido al mar sen va.
Composition:
- Set to music by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Se povero il ruscello", 1741, first performed 1741 [ 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ]
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Ezio
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Kendree Chen) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 37