Non è di gentil core
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Non è di gentil core chi non arde d'amore. Ma voi, che del mio cor l'anima sete, e nel foco d'amor lieta vivete, sete di gentil core, perché ardete d'amore.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Non è di gentil core", 1615, from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali, no. 20. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Non è di gentil core chi non arde", published 1619 [chorus], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 2, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (unknown or anonymous translator) , "His heart is not refined"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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