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

Alcandro, lo confesso
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Alcandro, lo confesso,
Stupisco di me stesso. II volto, il ciglio,
La voce di costui nel cor mi desta
Un palpito improvviso,
Che le risente in ogni fibra il sangue.
Fra tutti i miei pensieri
La cagion ne ricerco, e non la trovo.
Che sarà, giusti Dei, questo ch'io provo?

Non so d'onde viene
Quel tenero affetto,
Quel moto che ignoto
Mi nasce nel petto,
Quel gel, che le vene
Scorrendo mi va.

Nel seno destarmi
Sì fieri contrasti
Non parmi che basti
La sola pietà.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Olimpiade [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 Caldara (1670 - 1736), "Alcandro, lo confesso", from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774), "Non so d'onde viene", 1764, first performed 1764 [ 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings, tenor voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Non so d'onde viene", 1737, first performed 1737 [ tenor, strings, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Alcandro, lo confesso . . . Non sò d'onde viene", K. 294 (1778) [ soprano and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Alcandro, lo confesso . . . Non sò, d'ondo viene", K. 512 (1787) [ bass and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Non so d'onde viene", alternate title: "Alcandro, lo confesso", from opera L'Olimpiade [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Alcandro, je le confesse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 86

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