by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Vil trofeo d'un alma imbelle
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Vil trofeo d'un'alma imbelle è quel ciglio allor che piange; io non venni infino al Gange le donzelle a debellar. Ho rossor di quegli allori che non han fra' miei sudori cominciato a germogliar.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie, first published 1730 [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Vil trofeo d'un alma imbelle", HWV 28 (1731), first performed 1731 [ strings, tenor voice, and continuo ], from opera Poro, re dell'Indie [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-12
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