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

Non conosco il tal momento
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vinci)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Non conosco in tal momento
se l’amico o il genitore
sia più degno di pietà.
 
So però per mio tormento
ch’era scelta in me l’amore,
ch’era in te necessità.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Non conosco il tal momento", HelN 78 no. 21 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 21

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Whether, in such a moment", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 29