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Le Musiche sopra l’Euridice

Opera by Jacopo Peri (1561 - 1633)

Nel our ardor della più bella stella
 (Sung text for setting by J. Peri)
 Matches base text

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Nel pur ardor della più bella stella
Aurea facella di bel foc’accendi
E qui discendi su l’aurante piume,
Giocondo nume, e di celeste fiamma
L’anime infiamma.

Lieto Imeneo, d’alta dolcezza un nembo
Trabocca in grembo a fortunati amanti
E tra bei canti di soavi amori
Sveglia nei cori una dolce aura, un riso
Di paradiso.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ottavio Rinuccini (1562 - 1621) [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):

Set by Jacopo Peri (1561 - 1633), published 1600
Notes: The score for the opera (Le Musiche sopra l’Euridice, Florence: Marscotti, 1600) is reproduced in a facsimile edition (Rome: Reale Accademia d’Italia, 1934).

Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 55
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