by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)
Se dolce m’era già viver
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Se dolce m’era già viver, cor mio, con te, dolce per te sarà morire ancora. E questo si dirà: quando il suo ben perse, volle per fedeltà morire allora.
Authorship:
- by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765) [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 dolce m’era già viver", HWV 14 (1721), first performed 1721, from the opera Floridante [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If I once found life with you to be sweet", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-24
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