by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Chi mi insegna il caro padre?
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Chi mi insegna il caro padre?  
Chi mi rende il genitor,
per far lieto questo cor?

Mi abbandona la speranza,
langue in me bella costanza,
agitato è in me l'amor.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Chi mi insegna il caro padre?", HWV 34 no. 8 (1735), first performed 1735, from opera Alcina, no. 8

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Who shall lead me to my father?", 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: 2019-11-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 30