Mentre, mia stella, miri
General information
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso
Settings by composers
- Carlo Gesualdo SSATB
- Claudio Merulo SSATTB
Texts and Translations
Both Gesualdo and Merulo use a text which differs from the printed version of Tasso's Rime, lines 4 and 5 there read: "perché negli occhi miei/fiso tu rivolgessi", which doesn't change the meaning, nevertheless. Indeed, the original text could even be applied to the music. The variants used by Merulo are shown in parentheses.
Italian text Mentre, mia stella, miri |
German translation Wenn du, mein Stern, betrachtest |
German translation Wenn du, mein Stern, betrachtest
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