Ogni pena più spietata (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)

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CPDL #17710:     

Contributor: David Newman (added 2008-07-28).   Score information: Letter, 6 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 A Minor.

General Information

Title: Ogni pena più spietata
Composer: Giovanni Pergolesi^{create page}
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. 

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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

Ogni pena più spietata

Soffriria quest’alma afflitta e desolata,

Se godesse una speranza di potersi consolar.

Ma, ohimè, cade ogni speme,

Non c’è luogo, non c’è vita,

Non c’è modo di sperar.