by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Dice la mia bellissima Licori
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Dice la mia bellissima Licori quando talor favello seco d'amor, ch'Amor è uno spiritello che vaga e vola, e non si può tenere, nè toccar, nè vedere; e pur, se gli occhi giro, ne' sugli begli occhi il miro: ma nol posso toccar, ché sol si tocca in quella bella bocca.
Text Authorship:
- 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), "Dice la mia bellissima Licori", published 1619 [chorus], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 8, madrigal [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 51