by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Non è ver, benché si dica
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Non è ver, benché si dica, che dal ciel non fu permesso altro pregio al nostro sesso che piacendo innamorar. Noi possiam, quando a noi piace, fiere in guerra, accorte in pace, alternando i vezzi e l’ire, atterrire ed allettar.
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Confirmed with Pietro Metastasio, Opere, in Issipile, Bari, Gius Laterza & Figli, 1913.
Text Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, written 1732, appears in Issipile, Act I, Scene 5 [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 Josina (Giustina) Anna Petronella van Aerssen (1733 - 1797), "Non è ver, benché si dica", op. 3 no. 1 [ vocal trio for soprano, alto, bass ], from Sei canzonette, no. 1, Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, Utrecht, 2013 [sung text not yet checked]
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