by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744)
Se parlar potessi, o dio!
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Se parlar potessi, o dio! si farebbe men tiranna quella pena, che mi affanna, darei sfogo al mio dolor. Ma 'l mio fato acerbo, e rio, per negarmi ogni consuolo, vuol, che solo ne ragioni col mio cor.
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- by Gennarantonio Federico (d. 1744), no title [author's text not yet checked 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 Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744), "Se parlar potessi, o dio!", 1739, first performed 1739, from the opera Amor vuol sofferenza [ sung text checked 1 time]
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