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Accenti queruli spiegate all'aure
Staff Notation • Secular, Cantatas
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Accenti queruli spiegate all'aure by Giovanni Felice Sances — Lyrics
Accenti queruli
spiegate all'aure,
o augelletti garruli,
com'io lamenti,
caldi sospiri,
vital del cor respiri
mando dal seno ai venti.
Miei sospir, miei respir, o miei lamenti:
Andate languidi
nel duol soliciti
alla mia Lidia;
dite ch'io spiro,
dite ch'io moro
pien di martiro
senza fatal ristoro,
ch'io spiro con martir, dite ch'io moro.
Che forse placida
qual pria fu rigida
ai pianti, a' gemiti,
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About Accenti queruli spiegate all'aure
This solo secular cantata paints a poignant scene of unrequited love. The text, set in Italian, expresses the singer's lament, sending sighs and breath to the wind, begging birds to carry his suffering to his beloved Lidia. He describes his dying passion and the pain of her indifference. He pleads that she might soften her once-rigid gaze, which has stolen his soul and left him in torment. The music likely reflects this deep emotional distress through expressive melodic lines and a sensitive portrayal of the text's dramatic arc.
