by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
Translation by Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785 - 1870)
Apri gli occhi, Tancredi, a queste...
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Apri gli occhi, Tancredi, a queste estreme [Esequie, grida]1, ch'io ti fo col pianto; Riguarda me, che vo' venirne insieme La lunga strada, e vo' morirti accanto. Riguarda me; non ten fuggir sì presto: L'ultimo [don]2, ch'io ti dimando, è questo.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Curschmann: "Esequie meste"
2 Curschmann: "dono"
Note: this text was taken from an edition from 1794.
Authorship:
- by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595), "Canzonetta", appears in La Gerusalemme liberata, Canto XIX, Stanza 110 [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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Canzonetta : Apri gli occhi, Tancredi", op. 16 (Lieder) no. 1 (1837) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785 - 1870) ; composed by Friedrich Curschmann.
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 41
Canzonetta : Öffne die Augen, Tancred
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Öffne die Augen, Tancredi, die Leichenfeier anzusehen, die ich mit Thränen dir bereite! O blick' auf mich, lass' mich mit dir ihn gehen, den langen Pfad, und sterben dir zur Seite. O fliehe nicht so schnell aus meiner Nähe, dies ist das Letzte, was ich von dir erflehe.
Authorship:
- by Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785 - 1870) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595), "Canzonetta", appears in La Gerusalemme liberata, Canto XIX, Stanza 110
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Canzonetta : Öffne die Augen, Tancred", op. 16 (Lieder) no. 1 (1837) [ voice and piano ], also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 48