possibly by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Ardi o gela a tua voglia
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Ardi o gela a tua voglia, perfid' ed impudico, or amante or nemico. Ché d'incostante ingegno poco i' stimo l'amor e men lo sdegno: e se l'amor fu vano, van fia lo sdegno del tuo cor insano.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612) [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), "Ardi o gela a tua voglia", published 1587 [chorus], from Libro I de madrigali, no. 18, madrigal [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-02
Line count: 7
Word count: 37