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Nuvoletta opposta al sole spesso il giorno adombra e vela ma non cela il suo splendor. Copre invan le basse arene picciol rio col velo ondoso, che rivela il fondo algoso la chiarezza dell’umor.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse [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 Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801), "Nuvoletta opposta al sole", 1784, first performed 1784 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Nuvoletta opposta al sole", HelN 78 no. 25 (1730), first performed 1730 [ strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A small cloud", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-21
Line count: 7
Word count: 34
A small cloud which obscures the sun often veils and conceals the day without hiding her splendor. In vain does a tiny river attempt to cover the low sands with its wavy veil. For the clarity of its currents reveals the algous and encumbered riverbed.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Artaserse
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-16
Line count: 7
Word count: 45