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by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)

Il mondo è una scala
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Il mondo è una scala  
non dico di più.
Chi sale all'insù
chi scende all'ingiù.
Chi salta di qua,
chi balza di là.
Chi viene in grandezza,
chi va in povertà.
Per me se la sorte
contenta il mio core,
un tenero amore
godere mi fa.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793), no title, appears in Buovo d'Antona [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 Tommaso Traetta (1727 - 1779), "Il mondo è una scala", 1758, first performed 1758. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 46

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