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

Quella cetra ah pur tu sei
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  GER
Quella cetra, ah, pur tu sei,
  Che addolcì gli affanni miei,
  Che d’ogni alma a suo talento,
  D’ogni cor la via s’aprì.
Ah sei tu, tu sei pur quella,
  Che nel sen della mia bella
  Tante volte, io lo rammento
  La fierezza intenerì.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Quella cetra ah pur tu sei", WoO 99 no. 13, from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 13

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 3. Pel giorno natalizio di Maria Teresa, Imperatrice Regina

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

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