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La mia sorte fortunata dalle stelle oggi mi scende, se vien oggi da te, se in te sol bella adorata la mia stella mi risplende per gloria di mia fé.
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- 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), "La mia sorte fortunata", HWV 6 (1709), first performed 1709, from the opera Agrippina, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Truly, my auspicious fortune", 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: 2018-05-04
Line count: 6
Word count: 30
Truly, my auspicious fortune surely descends from the stars if you are its harbinger, if my star shines brightly in your image alone, my dear beloved, to give glory to my faith.
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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 Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 32