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Se mai più sarò geloso, mi punisca il sacro nume che dell'India è domator.
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- 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), "Se mai più sarò geloso", HWV 28 (1731), first performed 1731 [ oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Poro, re dell'Indie [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If I am ever jealous again", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-12
Line count: 3
Word count: 14
If I am ever jealous again, may the sacred god who rules over India punish me.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Alessandro nell'Indie, first published 1730
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-16
Line count: 3
Word count: 16