by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Di ricche gemme e rare
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Di ricche gemme e rare l'indico mare abbonda né più tranquilla ha l'onda, né il cielo ha più seren. Se v'è del flutto infido lido che men paventi è qualche ignoto a' venti povero angusto sen.
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Confirmed with Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi, Zenobia, Vienna, van Ghelen, 1737, lines 253-260.
Authorship:
- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Zenobia, first published 1737 [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 Giovanni Adolfo Hasse (1699 - 1783), "Di ricche gemme e rare", 1761, first performed 1761 [ strings, alto voice, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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