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Come all'urto aggressor d'un torrente rovinosa alta mole cadente, sotto al braccio del greco guerriero tutto d'Asia l'impero cadrà. Ma il valor, come belva feroce, senza il senno a sé stesso pur nuoce: sarò guida degli altri al furore, e il mio vanto maggiore sarà.
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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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Come all'urto aggressor", HWV 42 (1741), first performed 1741, from the opera Deidamia, no. 31. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Beneath the arms of Grecian warriors", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-09
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Word count: 45
Beneath the arms of Grecian warriors the Asiatic empire shall fall, with the force of a pitiless seastorm crashing upon a decrepit jetty. But all this valor will be its own downfall if, as the wild beasts exemplify, it is not channeled with prudence. I shall guide the others to wisely put their fury into action, and I shall thereby have just cause to boast.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-10
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Word count: 65