by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)
Grecia tu offendi
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Grecia tu offendi, Troia difendi, se Achille vuoi salvar. Quel che di Giove dal ciglio move sai che non può mancar. Colpo di fato, quand'altri ha spene che sia scampato, allor lo viene ad incontrar.
Authorship:
- by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765) [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), "Grecia tu offendi", HWV 42 no. 2, first performed 1741, from opera Deidamia, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-09
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