by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744)
Si fa soave
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Si fa soave d'amor la pena, se il desiato oggetto amato, grato, e fedele d'un cor, che pena, sente pietà. Ma, se crudele pietà non cura, o quanto è dura! O quanto grave più ognor si fa!
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- by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744), no title [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 Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Si fa soave", 1739, first performed 1739, from the opera Amor vuol sofferenza [ sung text checked 1 time]
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