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

Nei campi e nelle selve
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  FIN GER
Nei campi e nelle selve
  Seguivo già le belve,
  Pascevo il gregge ancor
  Libero pastorello,
  Libero cacciator;
  Ora non son più quello:
  Perdei la libertà.
E quel ch'è peggio, oh Dio,
  Come se il mio tormento
  Colpa non sia di lei,
  Mostrare al mio lamento
  Clori non vuol pietà.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Nei campi e nelle selve", WoO 99 no. 10 (1801-2) [ SATB quartet with piano ], from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 10, formerly number 7

Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 2. Il tabacco, in 9. Cantata IX

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

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 49

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