by Yosef al Katib (d. 1042), as El Escriba
Tant' amare
Language: Old Spanish (Castellano antiguo)
Tant' amare, tant' amare, Habib tant' amare enfermaron velyos nidio e dolen tan male.
Note: acording to «Et Amicorum»: estudios en honor al profesor Carlos Carrete Parrondo, ed. by Efrem Yidiz, the original spelling looked like the following:
tnt 'm'ry tnt 'mry hbyb tnt 'm'ry 'nfrmyrwn wlywš gydš. y dwln tn m'lyOne reconstructed version (Frenk Alatorre, 1966) looks like the following:
¡Tant' amare, tant' amare, habib, tant'amare! Enfermaron wueyos, ¡guay Deus! e duelen tan male.
Text Authorship:
- by Yosef al Katib (d. 1042), as El Escriba [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 Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina (1930 - 2021), "Tant' amare", 2020, published 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and string quartet ], from For mezzosoprano and string quartet, no. 1, Wien, Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-26
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Word count: 14