Caro mio ben | Caro mio ben

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Caro mio ben

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER GER POR SPA

Caro mio ben,
credimi almen,
senza di te
languisce il cor.

Il tuo fedel
sospira ognor.
Cessa, crudel,
tanto rigor!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Caro mio ben", 2002-2013 [ voice and piano ], from Italian Art Songs & Arias, Reimagined, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
misattributed to Giuseppe Giordani (Giordanello) (1751 - 1798) and by Tommaso Giordani (c1733 - 1806), "Caro mio ben", note: long misattributed to G. Giordani, current scholarship indicates the older brother Tommaso as the composer (cf. John Glenn Paton, 26 Italian Songs and Arias, Alfred Publishing) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "My dear beloved", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Theodore Baker) , "Thou, all my bliss"
POR Portuguese (Português) (Débora Letícia Batista) , "Meu caro bem", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 20