by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 1803)
Queste son lettere
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Queste son lettere scritte in inglese, questi capitoli stesi in francese; patti, prammatiche, trattati autentici, editti ed ordini, e atti di regia autorità. (tira di tasca un gran sigillo) Mira di Corsica l'armi e il sigillo; osserva, esamina: per tutto scorgonsi le marche e i titoli di maestà.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Casti (1724 - 1803) [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 Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Queste son lettere", 1784, first performed 1784, from opera Il re Teodoro in Venezia, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "These letters are written in English", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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