Parte il piè

Parte il piè, ma resta il core 
Prigionier del tuo bel crin 
[Sù]1 quei labbri lascivetti, 
[In]2 quegli occhi amorosetti, 
[Splende]3 ò bella il mio destin. 
Parte il piè, ma resta il core 
Prigionier del tuo bel crin.

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Confirmed with Carlo Maderni, Sardanapalo: Drama per Musica, Venezia: Presso Francesco Nicolini, 1679, page 51.

Authorship

• by Carlo Maderni (1678), "Parte il piè", written 1678-1679, appears in Sardanapalo: Drama per Musica, Venice, Francesco Nicolini, first published 1679 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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) Domenico Freschi (1634 - 1710), "Parte il piè", 1678-1679, published 1679, first performed 1679 [voice, basso continuo, and orchestra], Original manuscript [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The foot departs", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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