by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885)
Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor!
Language: English
Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter! Thy letters have transported me beyond This ignorant present, and I feel now The future in the instant.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Macbeth, excerpts from Lady Macbeth's speech, Act II, Scene 5 [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):
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Joseph Horovitz (b. 1926), "Lady Macbeth", subtitle: "A Scena", 1970, Composer's note: The composer has selected the words from the speeches of Lady Macbeth. This selection is intended to portray the development of this character, from early aspirations to grandeur, to later power and finally to guilt and madness. The implication is that the Scena begins after Lady Macbeth has read the report of Macbeth's victory at the start of the play.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1863
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 29
Signor di Glami e di Caudor, ma grande
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Signor di Glami e di Caudor, ma grande Più pel terzo presagio, io ti saluto! Mi levò quel tuo foglio oltre i confini Dell’angusto presente, e nel futuro Fiso or lo sguardo inebbriato.
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Text Authorship:
- by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885), no title, first published 1863 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Macbeth, excerpts from Lady Macbeth's speech, Act II, Scene 5
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 page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 33