by Alessandro Striggio (1536/7 - 1592)
Dove, ah, dove ten vai
Language: Italian (Italiano)
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Dove, ah, dove ten vai, unico del mio cor dolce conforto? Poi che non lunge omai dal mio lungo cammin si scopre il porto, Perché mi fuggi e m'abbandoni, ahi lasso, sul periglioso passo? Qual ben or più m'avanza, se fuggi tu, dolcissima Speranza?
Text Authorship:
- by Alessandro Striggio (1536/7 - 1592), from "L'Orfeo". [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 Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Dove, ah, dove ten vai", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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