by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Come alla tortorella langue
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Come alla tortorella langue
il caro suo appresso,
fia il tuo languir l'istesso,
mio bene intorno a me.

"Pianti, sospiri, addio",
lieto dirai cor mio,
ma ancor soffrir conviene,
che tempo di gioire non è.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Come alla tortorella langue", HWV 35 (1736), first performed 1736 [ violins, alto voice, and continuo ], from opera Atalanta

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-11
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