Volume 9 (2003) No. 1
Mauro Calcagno
Monteverdi’s parole sceniche
Text 8
Alessandro Striggio, “Muse honor di Parnaso,” from La favola d’Orfeo,
Act I
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(Ninfa) Muse honor di Parnaso, amor del Cielo, Gentil conforto a sconsolato core, Vostre cetre sonore Squarcino d’ogni nube il fosco velo: E mentre oggi propitio al vostro Orfeo Invochiamo Imeneo Su ben temprate corde Col vostro suon, nostr’armonia s’accorde. |
(Nymph) Muses, honour of Parnassus, beloved by heaven, tender consolation to the dejected heart, let your harmonious lyres rend the dark veil from every cloud: and while we today in favour of your Orpheus invoke Hymen on well-tuned strings, our harmony accords with your sound. |