by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
Non ha l’ottimo artista alcun concetto
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Non ha l’ottimo artista alcun concetto c’un marmo solo in sé non circonscriva col suo superchio, e solo a quello arriva la man che ubbidisce all’intelletto. Il mal ch’io fuggo, e ’l ben ch’io mi prometto, in te, donna leggiadra, altera e diva, tal si nasconde; e perch’io più non viva, contraria ho l’arte al disïato effetto. Amor dunque non ha, né tua beltate o durezza o fortuna o gran disdegno, del mio mal colpa, o mio destino o sorte; se dentro del tuo cor morte e pietate porti in un tempo, e che ’l mio basso ingegno non sappia, ardendo, trarne altro che morte.
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Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 151 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jeanne Leleu (1898 - 1979), "Non ha l'ottimo artista alcun concetto", 1924, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Sonnets de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, no. 1, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Michel Augustin Varcollier (1795 - 1883) , no title, appears in Poésies de Michel-Ange Buonarroti, peintre, sculpteur et architecte florentin, Paris, Éd. Hesse et Cie., first published 1826 ; composed by Jeanne Leleu.
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