Christian Friedrich Henrici ("Picander")
(1700 - 1764) Germany
Poet, libretist to Johann Sebastian Bach
J.S. Bach, Cantata 201
"Rush, You Whirling Winds! The Contest Between Phoebus and Pan"
Apollo and Pan challenge each other to a singing contest to determine who is the better of the two.
The following aria is Apollo's 'tour de force'.
Full of burning desire
I press your tender cheeks,
Sweet, beautiful Hyakinthos.
And your eyes I love to kiss
Because they are my morning stars
And the sun of the soul.
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