by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
La bella man vi stringo
Language: Italian (Italiano)
La bella man vi stringo E voi le ciglia per dolor stringete E mi chiamate ingiusto, et inhumano, Come tutto il gioire Sia mio, costro il martire [e non vedete]1 Che se questa è la mano Che tien stretto il cor mio, giusto è il dolore Perchè stringendo lei stringo il mio core.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Caccini: "e voi non v'accorgete"
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), "Mano stretta" [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 Giulio Caccini (1546 - 1618), "La bella man vi stringo" [text verified 1 time]
- by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "La bella man vi stringo", 1599, from Ninth Book of Madrigals, no. 14. [text verified 1 time]
- by Francesco Ugoni da Maleo (c1570 - c1630), "La bella man vi stringo", published 1616 [5v, basso continuo], from Giardinetto di ricreatione, no. 15. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
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