by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ovunque volgi il piede
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Ovunque volgi il piede, il Ciel ivi a Ragion benigno ride, e s’indi poscia ei riede, i fiori e l’erbe o ’l caldo o ’l ghiaccio ancide: fermati, dunque, in queste parti alquanto, sicché ’l humil mio dir ti honori e ’l canto. E se ciò fia, godrassi per noi soave un dilettoso Maggio, che chiaro il sol vedrassi tener temprato l’alto suo viaggio: meco cantando e i sacri Cigni approva, Livia, lodar qual meraviglia nova.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Maddalena Casulana (c1544 - c1590), "Ovunque volgi il piede", published 1583 [ 5 voices ], Venice : Angelo Gardano
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-14
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