Trova un sol, mia bella Clori,
Che ti parli e non sospiri,
Che ti vegga e non t'adori:
E poi sdegnati con me.

Ma perchè fra tanti rei
Sol con me perchè t'adiri?
Ah, se amabile tu sei,
Colpa mia, crudel, non è.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Tutte le opere di Pietro Metastasio, Firenze, Tipografia Borghi e compagni 1832, page 718.

Authorship

• by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 5. La scusa [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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Trova un sol mia bella Clori", op. 8 (Vier Canzonetten) no. 1, published 1834, Berlin, Westphal [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Trova un sol, mia bella Clori", two different settings [ sung text checked 1 time]

This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• by Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), "No, perdo nami o Clori", op. 9 no. 2 (c1813), published [1814] [voice and piano], from Sei Canzoni, no. 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-02
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