by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612)
Arda pur sempre, o mora
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Arda pur sempre, o mora, O languisca il cor mio, A lui fien lievi pene Per sì bella cagion pianti, e sospiri, Strazio, pene, tormenti, esilio, e morte, Purche prima la vita, Che questa fé si scioglia: Ch'assai peggio di morte è il cangiar voglia.
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Confirmed with Il pastor fido, tragicommedia pastorale del Signor Cavalier Guarini, Salomone Schouten, Amsterdam, 1736, page 144.
Text Authorship:
- by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538 - 1612), no title, appears in Il Pastor Fido, a fragment of Mirtillo's monologue from Act III, Scene 6 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1555 - 1609), "Arda pur sempre o mora", published 1602 [ vocal quintet ], from Il quarto libro de madrigali a 5 voci , madrigal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Arda pur sempre o mora " [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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