![]() ![]() ![]() In 1974, Pears singled out Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo as one of the greatest works Britten had given him. XXIV: " Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede" ("Noble spirit, in whom is reflected"). ![]() XXXII: " S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna" ("If there is a chaste love, a heavenly pity").XXXVIII: " Rendete agli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume" ("Give back to my eyes, o fountains and rivers").LV: " Tu sa, ch'io so, signor mie, che tu sai" ("You know that I know, my lord, that you know").XXX: " Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume" ("I see through your lovely eyes a sweet light").XXXI: " A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia" ("To what purpose do I express my intense desire").XVI: " Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro" ("Just as in pen and ink").: 158 It consists of settings of seven sonnets, all love songs, by the Italian painter and poet Michelangelo (1475–1564), in the original language: Michelangelo was at her bedside when she died he wrote that on her death Nature, that never made so fair a face, / Remained ashamed, and tears were in all. The manuscripts of the songs are dated between April and October 1940 but there is some evidence that the cycle had been contemplated, and even begun, as early as 1937. It was written for himself and his love and life-partner, the tenor Peter Pears (1910–86). Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo is a song cycle composed by Benjamin Britten (1913–76) for tenor voice and piano in 1940, and published as his Op. ![]()
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