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by Giovanni Guidiccioni (1480 - 1541) and sometimes misattributed to Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, 4th Marchese di Pescara e del Vasto (1502 - 1546)

Il bianco e dolce cigno
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Il bianco e dolce cigno 
more cantando, ed io 
piangendo giungo al fin del viver mio.
Strana e diversa sorte, 
ch'ei more sconsolato,
Et io moro beato
Dolce e soave morte, 
a me vie più gradita
di ogni gioiosa vita,
morte che nel morire
m'empie di gioia tutto e di desire.

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Confirmed with Lirica italiana nel cinquecento e nel seicento fino all' Arcadia: Novissima scelta di rime illustrate con più di cento riproduzioni di pitture, sculture, miniature incisioni e melodie del tempo e con note dichiarative di Eugenia Levi, Firenze, Presso Leo S. Olschki, 1909, page 148.


Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Guidiccioni (1480 - 1541) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
  • sometimes misattributed to Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, 4th Marchese di Pescara e del Vasto (1502 - 1546)

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), [adaptation] ; composed by Jacob Arcadelt, Orazio Vecchi.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-28
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