Air (Ténor) (Mattei, set by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Saverio Mattei (1742 - 1795)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Aria (tenor)

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Available translation(s): FRE

A te, fra tanti affanni, 
pietà cercai, Signore, 
che vedi il mio bel core, 
che mi conosci almen. 
Udisti i voti miei, 
e già godea quest’alma, 
per te l’usata calma 
delle tempeste in sen.

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by Saverio Mattei (1742 - 1795) [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Aria (tenor)", first performed 1785, from the oratorio Davide penitente, no. 6. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , " Air (Ténor)", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

Text added to the website: 2018-12-29 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-12-29 09:11:13
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Air (Ténor)

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Vers toi, au milieu de tant de chagrins,
je cherchais la pitié, Seigneur,
toi qui vois la bonté de mon cœur, 
toi qui me connais bien.
Tu as entendu mes souhaits,
et déjà mon âme se réjouit,
par toi, le calme habituel
revient après la tempête dans mon cœur.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Saverio Mattei (1742 - 1795)

Text added to the website: 2018-12-29 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-12-29 11:32:34
Line count: 8
Word count: 49