Title: Caro mio ben
Composer: attributed to Giuseppe Giordani (1744-1798)
[John Glenn Paton cites evidence that the actual composer is Tommaso Giordani (1730-1806)]
Author: Unknown
Free at Art Song Central:
- PDF: Caro mio ben
- Key: E♭ Major
- Range: D4 – F5
- Note: This is the well known arrangement by Parisotti
- Source: Anthology of Italian Song of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- PDF: Caro mio ben in E♭
- Key: E♭ Major
- Range: D4 – F5
- Source: La Mejor Musica del Mundo
- PDF: Caro mio ben in D
- Key: D Major
- Range: C♯3 – E4
- This version has the vocal line in Bass Clef.
- Source: German, French and Italian Song Classics
Elsewhere on the Internet:
- Transcribed at Mutopia: Caro mio ben
- Key: PDF available in D Major
- Range: C♯4 – E5
- Lilypond source file also available to edit or transpose.
MIDI:
- Available at Mutopia: Caro mio ben
Text:
Caro mio ben, credimi almen,
senza di te languisce il cor.
Il tuo fedel sospira ognor.
Cessa, crudel, tanto rigor!
IPA Transcription:
IPA for Caro mio ben, courtesy of IPANow! transcription software.
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