by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698)
Toglietemi la vita ancor
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
Toglietemi la vita ancor, crudeli cieli, se mi volete rapir il cor, toglietemi la vita ancor. Negatemi i rai del dì, severe sfere, se vaghe siete del mio dolor, toglietemi la vita ancor.
Text Authorship:
- by Niccolò Minato (1630 - 1698) [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 Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), "Toglietemi la vita ancor", published 1683, from the opera [selections] Il Pompeo [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "You can even take away my life", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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