Stets sei dir geschmückt der Himmel

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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Per te d' amico aprile

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: GER

Per te d' amico aprile
  Sempre; s' adorni il Ciel;
  Né all' ombra tua gentile
  Posi ninfa crudel,
  Pastore infido.
Fra le tue verdi foglie
  Augel di nere spoglie
  Mai non raccolga il vol;
  E Filomena sol
  Vi faccia il nido.

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Confirmed with Poesie del Signor Abbate Pietro Metastasio. Poeta e Bibliotecario Cesareo, Tomo Sesto. Londra, 1774, page 350.

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 13. Il nome [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Per te d'amico aprile", WoO 99 no. 9 [ vocal trio for soprano, alto, and bass with piano ], from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Stets sei dir geschmückt der Himmel

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Stets sei dir geschmückt der Himmel
vom freundlichen April,
doch ruh’ keine grausame Nymphe
in deinem Schatten kühl,
noch ein Hirt ohne Treu.
Noch lass’ mit schwarzem Gefieder
ein Vogel zum Flug sich nieder
in deinem grünen Geäst;
und die Nachtigall nur
mög hier bauen ihr Nest.

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Translation of title "Per te d'amico aprile" = "Stets sei dir geschmückt der Himmel"

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 13. Il nome
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This text was added to the website: 2020-02-17
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