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Io di Roma il Giove sono, né v'è già chi meco imperi van raminghi a piè del trono dov'io son, gl'altrui pensieri.
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), "Io di Roma il Giove sono", HWV 6 no. 43, first performed 1709, from opera Agrippina, no. 43 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I am the Jupiter of Rome", 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: 2018-05-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 22
I am the Jupiter of Rome, yet there is nobody to reign at my side. Other people's scurrilous thoughts wander about aimlessly at the feet of my throne.
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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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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Vincenzo Grimani (1655? - 1710)
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 28