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Conservati fedele; Pensa ch'io resto, e peno, E qualche volta almeno Ricordati di me. Ch'io per virtù d'amore, Parlando col mio core, Ragionerò con te.
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Authorship
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Artaserse [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 Pasquale Anfossi (1727 - 1797), "Conservati fedele" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Conservati fedele", first performed 1784 [ oboes, horns, strings, and soprano voice ], from opera Artaserse [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Conservati fedele", 1730, first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Conservati fedele", K. 23 (1765) [ soprano, orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Piccinni (1728 - 1800), "Conservati fedele", 1762, first performed 1762 [ strings, soprano voice, continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825), "Conservati fedele", 1803 [ voice and piano ], from Divertimenti vocali, no. 14, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Conservati fedele", HelN 78 no. 1 (1730), first performed 1730 [ soprano and strings ], from opera Artaserse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Remain to me faithful", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Reste fidèle", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: John Versmoren , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
Line count: 7
Word count: 25
Remain to me faithful, Think that I stay here and pine for you, and some time at least, remember me. So that by virtue of Love which converses with my heart, I may likewise focus on you.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Artaserse
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 37