by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Scherza il nocchier talora
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Scherza il nocchier talora coll’aura che si desta; ma poi divien tempesta che impallidir lo fa. Non cura il pellegrino picciola nuvoletta; ma quando men l’aspetta quella tuonando va.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Demetrio [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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Scherza il nocchier talora" [strings and soprano voice] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Scherza il nocchier talora" [strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns, continuo, and alto voice] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The sailor is apt to joke", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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