Chi mai di questo core | Chi mai di questo core

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Chi mai di questo core

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE GER

Chi mai di questo core
  Saprà le vie secrete,
  Se voi non le sapete,
  [Begli occhi]¹ del mio ben?
Voi che dal primo istante,
  Quando divenni amante,
  Il mio nascosto [amore]²
  Mi conosceste in sen.

Available sung texts: ← What is this?

• G. Donizetti

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Confirmed with Poesie del Signor Abbate Pietro Metastasio. Poeta e Bibliotecario Cesareo, Tomo Sesto. Londra, 1774, pages 351-352.

¹ Donizetti: "Begl'occhi"
² Donizetti: "foco"

Text Authorship:

by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Cantate, in 3. Il Trionfo della Gloria, in 14. Il Ritorno [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Chi mai di questo core", WoO 99 no. 7 (1801-2) [ STB chorus a cappella ], from Mehrstimmige italienische Gesänge, no. 7, note: this was formerly number 2 in the set [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Chi mai di questo core", op. 40 (12 Canzonette Italiane) no. 3, P 184 no. 3, published 1813 [ voice and piano ], Munich: Falter et Figlio [sung text not yet checked]

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by Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Ah rammenta o bella Irene"

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-17
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Word count: 37