Il pastor fido
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General Information
Title: Il pastor fido
- English translation: The Faithful Shepherd
Author: Giovanni Battista Guarini
Published: 1589, first performed in Padua, 1590
Description: Giovanni Battista Guarini's play in verse was a source of inspiration for numerous composers, among them Giaches de Wert, Claudio Monteverdi, Sigismondo d'India, Alessandro Grandi, Tarquinio Merula, Philippe de Monte, Heinrich Schütz and G. F. Handel's HWV 8 (1712). Monteverdi's Madrigale libro V has several sequences, including Ecco Silvio (IV ix), Ah, dolente partita! (III iii), Quel augellin (I i), Ch'io t'ami (III iii).
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Contents
Prologue
Act I
Scene 1
Scene 2
- 1–20: Cruda Amarilli
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
Coro
Act II
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
Scene 6
Coro
Act III
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
- 107–120: Ch'io t'ami, e t'ami più della mia vita
- 295–301: Deh dolce anima mia
- 311–318: Ah, dolente partita!
Scene 4
Scene 5
Scene 6
Scene 7
Scene 8
Scene 9
Coro
Act IV
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
- 198–206: Care mie selve a Dio
Scene 5
Scene 6
Scene 7
Scene 8
Scene 9
- 100–180: Ecco Silvio