by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Così morir debb’io
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Così morir debb'io, nè sarà chi m'ascolti o me diffenda, così da tutti abandonata e priva d'ogni speranza, accompagnata solo da un'estrema infelice e funesta pietà, che non m'aita.
Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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 Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672), "Così morir debb’io", SWV. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Thus I must die", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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