by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
È un foco quel d'amore
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
È un foco quel d'amore, che penetra nel core, ma come, non si sa. S'accende a poco a poco, ma poi non trova loco, e consumar ti fa.
Authorship:
- by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710) [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "È un foco quel d'amore", HWV 6 no. 11 (1709), first performed 1709, from opera Agrippina, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Love is a fire", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-05
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