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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Se per avervi, ohimè, donato il core
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Se per [avervi]1, ohimè, donato il core,
nasce in me quell'ardore,
donna crudel, che [m'ard'in]2 ogni loco,
tal che son tutto foco.
E se per amar voi, l'aspro martire
mi fa di duol morire,
miser, che far debb'io
privo di voi che sete ogni ben mio?

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•   M. Lauridsen 

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1 Lauridsen: "havervi"
2 Lauridsen: "m'arde in"

Text 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 Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), "Se per havervi, oime", first performed 1987 [chorus], from Madrigali: Six "Firesongs" on Italian Renaissance Poems, no. 6, madrigal [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Se per avervi, oimè, donato il core", published 1587 [chorus], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 2, madrigal [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

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