Sprezza il furor del vento
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Sprezza il furor del vento
robusta quercia, avvezza,
di cento verni e cento
[l'ingiurie a tollerar]1.
E se pur cade al suolo,
spiega per l'onde il volo,
e con quel vento istesso
va contrastando in mar.
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• F. Veracini View original text (without footnotes)
1 Veracini: "gl'oltraggi a superar"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782), "Sprezza il furor del vento", first performed 1765, from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1732, first performed 1732 [ strings and tenor voice ], from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1752, first performed 1752 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, tenor voice, continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Sprezza il furor del vento" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1734, first performed 1734, from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 1768), "Sprezza il furor del vento", 1735, first performed 1735 [ strings, oboes, and bass voice ], from opera Adriano in Siria [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-04-07
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Word count: 36
The robust oak spurns the wind's fury
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
The robust oak spurns the wind's fury,
accustomed to suffering a hundred winters
as, likewise, a hundred injuries.
And if it does at last fall to the ground,
it makes its course plain to the waves,
and it combats with that same wind across the sea.
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