by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Tu solcasti il mare infido
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Tu solcasti il mare infido,
agitata navicella,
or ribaci il caro lido
col favor d'amica stella.

È più grande il mio contento
va da me lunge il martire,
e tal gioja al cor mi sento,
che nol posso, oh Dei! ridir.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Tu solcasti il mare infido", HWV 35 (1736), first performed 1736 [ 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Atalanta

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-11
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Word count: 42