Cor mio, deh, non languire | Cor mio, deh, non languire

by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)

Cor mio, deh, non languire

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE SPA

Cor mio, deh, non languire, 
Che fai teco languir l'anima mia. 
Odi i caldi sospiri: a te gl'invia
La pietat'e 'l desire. 
S'io ti potessi dar morend'aita,
Morrei per darti vita. 
Ma viv'ohimè, ch'ingiustamente more
Chi vivo tien ne l'altrui pett'il core.

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 Adriano Banchieri (1567?8 - 1634), "Cor mio, deh non languire", published 1626 [ 2-part chorus and basso continuo ], from Il Virtuoso Ritrovo Academico [sung text not yet checked]
by Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [sung text not yet checked]
by Gemignano Capilupi (1573 - 1616), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [sung text not yet checked]
by Giovanni Ghizzolo (c1608 - c1625), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Grabbe (1585 - 1655), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1609, from Il Primo Libro de Madrigali [sung text not yet checked]
by Sigismondo d'India (1582? - 1629?), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", 1607, from Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Leon Leoni (c1560 - 1627), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1602 [sung text not yet checked]
by Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c1545 - 1607), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [sung text not yet checked]
by Filiberto Nantermi (flourished 1609), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pompeo Natali (or Natale) (c1620 - c1681), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [ three-part chorus and basso continuo ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Benedetto Pallavicino (1551 - 1601), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", 1600, from Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giovanni Pasta (1604 - 1663?4), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [ four-part chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Giovanni Priuli (1575?80 - 1626), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1604 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Enrico Radesco da Foggia (d. 1625), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1615 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Salamone (or Salomone) Rossi d'Ebreo (c1570 - 1630), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1600 [ chorus, cimbalom, cello, theorbo ], from Il Primo Libro dei Madrigali a Cinque Voci [sung text not yet checked]
by Salamone (or Salomone) Rossi d'Ebreo (c1570 - 1630), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1614 [ four-part chorus ], from Il Primo Libro dei Madrigali a Quattro Voci [sung text not yet checked]
by Claudio Saracini (1586 - 1640?), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1620 [ two-part chorus ], from Le Seconde Musiche, madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
by Alessandro Savioli (1544 - 1623?), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1597 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [ chorus ], madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
by Alessandro Scialla (flourished 1610), "Cor mio, deh, non languire", published 1610 [ chorus ], madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
by John Ward (1571 - 1638), "Cor mio, deh, non languire" [ chorus ], madrigal [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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