A portrait of Claudio Monteverdi from the eventful year of 1640.
Monteverdi's setting of Carlo Milanuzzi's text in the solo madrigal Si dolce e'l tormento conveys a wide range of emotion that belies its simple strophic form. It appeared in the composer’s Scherzi musicali of 1632.
For the above quote and English lyrics consult the source.
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