by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Quando sperai del mio servir mercede
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Quando sperai del mio servir mercede. E'l guiderdon de la mia pura fede Altri il mio ben m'ha tolto. E'l frut'ohimè, ohimè de mie fatiche ha colto.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Quando sperai del mio servir mercede", from Canzonetti, no. 8. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 27