Ecco quel fiero istante

Ecco quel fiero istante!
Nice, mia Nice, addio!
Come vivrò, ben mio,
Così lontan da te?

Io vivrò sempre in pene,
Io non avrò più bene,
E tu, chi sa se mai
ti sovverrai di me?

Sempre nel tuo cammino
m'avrai vicino,
e tu, chi sa, se mai
ti sovverrai di me?

by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) [pseudonym]

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) , "La partenza", WoO. 124 (c1795/6), stanzas 1-2, also set in German
by Carl Blum (1786-1844) , "Canzonetta", 1821?
by Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789) , "La partenza"
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) , "Ecco quel fiero istante", K. 436, stanzas 1-2.
by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868) , "La partenza"
by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739-1796) , "La Partenza di Nice", published 1784.

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Der Abschied", WoO. 124 (c1795/6), also set in Italian

ENG English (Johann Gaitzsch)
GER German (G. Friedrich)
FRE French (Louis Crevel de Charlemagne)

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