O notte, o dea del mistero (Niccolò Piccinni)
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CPDL #17712: 
- Contributor: David Newman (added 2008-07-29). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central - Lyrics in Italian and English - English translation by Dr. Theodore Baker - Edition in E Minor.
General Information
Title: O notte, o dea del mistero
Composer: Niccolò Piccinni
Lyricist: Unknown
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: Italian
Instruments: Piano
Published: Anthology of Italian song of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (In two volumes) - Editor: Alessandro Parisotti (1853-1913) - Publisher: G. Schirmer - Copyright: 1894.
Description:
External websites:
- Entry at Wikipedia for this composer.
- Parisotti's Anthology is available here.
- Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song.
- Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page".
Original text and translations
Italian text
- O notte, o Dea del mistero,
- Dolce compagna d’amor,
- O notte, è in te sola ch’io spero!
- Deh scaccia del giorno il fulgor.
- O speme, crudel martiro,
- O istante di gaudio e timor,
- Io temo, io tremo, e desiro,
- E d’amore sospira il mio cor.