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

Fra tutte le pene
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)
 Matches original text
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GER
Fra tutte le pene
 V'è pena maggiore?
  Son presso al mio bene,
  Sospiro d'amore,
  E dirgli non oso:
  Sospiro per te. 
Mi manca il valore
  Per tanto soffrire,
  Mi manca l'ardire
  Per chieder mercé.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Fra tutte le pene", WoO 99 no. 11, from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 11

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Zenobia, Act III, Scene 9

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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
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-12-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 34

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