Il pastor fido

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General Information

Title: Il pastor fido

English translation: The Faithful Shepherd

Author: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Published: 1589, first performed in Padua, 1590

Description: Giovanni Battista Guarini's play in verse was a source of inspiration for numerous composers, among them Giaches de Wert, Claudio Monteverdi, Sigismondo d'India, Alessandro Grandi, Tarquinio Merula, Philippe de Monte, Heinrich Schütz and G. F. Handel's HWV 8 (1712). Monteverdi's Madrigale libro V has several sequences, including Ecco Silvio (IV ix), Ah, dolente partita! (III iii), Quel augellin (I i), Ch'io t'ami (III iii).

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Contents

Prologue

Act I

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Coro

Act II

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Act III

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Act IV

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Act V

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