by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Fra l'ombre un lampo solo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Fra l'ombre un lampo solo Basta al nocchier sagace Che già ritrova il polo, Che riconosce il mar. Al pellegrin ben spesso basta un vestigio impresso perché la via fallace non l’abbia ad ingannar.
N. Vaccaj sets stanza 1
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Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, written 1737, appears in Achille in Sciro [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Fra l'ombre un lampo solo", 1736, first performed 1736, from the opera Achille in Sciro [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nicola Vaccaj (1790 - 1848), "Intervalli di settima", stanza 1, from Metodo pratico di Canto Italiano, no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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