A hundred festive maidens | A hundred festive and beautiful maidens

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by Scipione Maffei (1675 - 1755)

Translation © by Laurie Cronin

Cento donzelle festose

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Cento donzelle festose, e belle,
t’incontreranno con fronde, e fiori.
Con suoni, e canti lieti, e brillanti
a te verranno cento pastori.

Text Authorship:

by Scipione Maffei (1675 - 1755) [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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Cento donzelle festose", from opera La fida ninfa [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laurie Cronin) , "A hundred festive maidens", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Laurie Cronin

This text was added to the website: 2021-11-02
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A hundred festive maidens

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

A hundred festive and beautiful maidens
will meet you with palms and flowers.
With music, and happy songs,
a hundred resplendent shepherds will come to you.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Scipione Maffei (1675 - 1755)
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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-02
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Word count: 26