Lamento dArianna

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Lamento d'Arianna (Ariadne's Lament). Only surviving section of Monteverdi's opera Arianna, 1608. Arr. by Monteverdi as 5-part madrigal Lasciatemi morire (Leave me to die), Book VI, 1614; this book also incl. O Teseo mio, reduced from 20 bars of Lasciatemi morire. Also arr. by Monteverdi as one of his Selva Morale e Spirituale (1640), Pianto della Madonna on the Lamento d'Arianna: Jam moriar fili mi, for solo v.