Vezzosi augelli infra le verdi fronde Temprano a prova lascivette note Mormora l'aura, e fa le foglie e l'onde Garrir, che variamente ella percote Quando taccion gli augelli, alto risponde; Quando cantan gli augei, più lieve scote. Sia caso o d'arte, or accompagna, ed ora Alterna i versi lor la musica ora.
Text Authorship:
- by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595) [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 Giaches de Wert (1535 - 1596), "Vezzosi augelli infra le verdi fronde" [ SSATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Edward Fairfax) , no title, excerpt, first published 1600
- FRE French (Français) (Albin-Barthélémy-Fleury de L'Horme)
Researcher for this page: Steven Cox
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 52
The joyous birds, hid under greenwood shade, Sung merry notes on every branch and bough; The wind, that in the leaves and waters play'd, With murmur sweet now sang, and whistled now; Ceased the birds, the wind loud answer made, And while they sung it rumbled soft and low: Thus, were it hap or cunning, chance or art, The wind in this strange music bore his part.
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Confirmed with Half-hours with the Best Authors. Selected and arranged, with short biographical and critical notices, by Charles Knight, in Four Volumes, Volume III, London, Charles Knight, 1847, page 553.
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fairfax (1580 - 1635), no title, excerpt, first published 1600 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 67