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

Placido zefiretto
 (Sung text for setting by V. Righini)
 See original
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Placido zeffiretto,
  Se trovi il caro oggetto
  Digli che sei sospiro;
  Ma non gli dir di chi.
Limpido ruscelletto,
  Se trovi il caro oggetto 
Digli che pianto sei
  Ma non gli dir qual ciglio
  Crescer ti fè cosi.

Composition:

    Set to music by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Placido zefiretto", op. 7 no. 1, published [c1807] [ voice and piano ], from Sammlung deutscher und italienischer Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Heft VI, no. 4, from Dodici Ariette, no. 1, Leipzig: Bei Ambrosius Kühnel (Bureau de Musique.); German incipit: "Liebliche Lüftchen"

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 16. Amor timido

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Placid little breeze", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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