Intorno all’idol mio (Antonio Cesti)

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Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-12).  Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
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General Information

Title: Intorno all'idol mio
Composer: Antonio Cesti
Lyricist: Giacinto Andrea Cicognini

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: SecularAria

Language: Italian
Instruments: Piano

    Manuscript 1656 in Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica S. Pietro a Majella, Napoli, Ms. IT-NA0059, Rari 6.4.6@75
First published: 1885 in Anthology of Italian song, Book 1, no. 2
    2nd published: 2016 in Le Arie di Cavalli e di Cesti, no. 8
Description: From Cesti's opera L'Orontea, produced in 1656, Act II, scene xviii.

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Intorno all’idol mio spirate pur, spirate,
Aure, Aure soavi e grate,
E nelle guancie elette
Baciatelo per me,
Cortesi, cortesi aurette!

Al mio ben, che riposa
Su l’ali della quiete,
Grati, grati sogni assistete
E il mio racchiuso ardore
Svelate gli per me,
O larve, o larve d’amore!