Che t'ho fatt'io (Anonymous, set by F. Caccini) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Che t'ho fatt'io
Che tanto brami
La morte mia perché io non t'ami?
Non sai ch'io vivo sol del tuo splendore?
Ahi, duro core! Ohimè, piega'l desio!

Che t'ho fatt'io?
Se sprezzi amore,
Ingrato seno,
Già non voler ch'io venga meno.
Gradisci almen ch'io t'ami, e quel tormento
Ch'io per te sento, ahi dispietato core,
Se sprezzi amore.

A copyrighted translation is available in Italian Arias of the Baroque and Classical Eras, edited by John Glenn Paton, Alfred Publishing Co.

Input by John Glenn Paton

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Francesca Caccini (1587-c1640)

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