Ogni pena più spietata (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)
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- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-28). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 280 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Lyrics in Italian and English - English translation by Dr. Theodore Baker - Edition in A Minor.
General Information
Title: Ogni pena più spietata
Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Soprano
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:
- 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.