by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Parlo, miser', o taccio?
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Parlo, miser', o taccio? S'io taccio, che soccorso havrà il morire? S'io parlo, che perdono havrà l'ardire? Taci; che ben s'intende chiusa fiamma tal'hor da chi l'accende. Parla in me la pietade, Parla in lei la beltade; e dice quel bel volto al crudo core, chi può mirarmi, e non languir d'amore?
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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?), "Parlo, miser', o taccio?", 1607, from Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Parlo, misero, o taccio?", published 1619 [chorus], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 20, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Paolo Nodari (flourished 16th to 17th century), "Parlo, misero o taccio?" [chorus], madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]
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