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

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Così stupisce e cade

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

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Così stupisce e cade  
pallido e smorto in viso
al fulmine improviso
l'attonito pastor.

Ma quando poi s'avvede
del vano suo spavento,
sorge, respira e riede
a numerar l'armento
disperso dal timor.

Text 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 Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Così stupisce e cade", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings, tenor voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Così stupisce e cade", HelN 78 no. 22 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 oboes, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 22 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Thus, the shepherd, shaken to his core", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Thus, the shepherd, shaken to his core

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

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Thus, the shepherd, shaken to his core,
becomes shocked and falls to the ground,
wan and pale of complexion,
at the sudden coming of a storm.

But when he then notices
his vain apprehension,
he rises, breathes at last,
and returns to count up his flock,
having been dispersed by fear.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Artaserse
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-01
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Word count: 51