“ Il mio bel foco My joyful ardor Recitative ed Aria English version by Benedetto Marcello Dr. Theodore Baker (1686-1739) Recitativo — Voice * Tl mio bel fo -"eo, o lon-ta - noo vi - My joy-ful ar - dor, wheth-er near or far i Piano ———_ SS Se = 35 SS ci - no ches-ser pos-sii -"0, sen - "za can-giar mai tem- pre per dis-tant fromthee I tar - ry, Un - chang’ and con-stant ev - er, For i voi, ca-re pu-pil - le, ar-de- ra thee, © my be- lov - ed,Shall lan-guish Fa. * Re Copyright, 189%, by & Schirmer, Inc. sn Copyright renewat assigned, 1926, to G. Schirmer, Inc.55 Allegretto affettuoso fs —SS = Quel-la——fiam-ma__ che mac - In my heart the flames that qnel-la_— fiam-ma__ che fac - in my heart the flames that =F i ef P - sy cen - de pia-ce tan-toal-Tal- ma pia-ce tan-tqal-l'al-ma burn me All my soul do so en - rav- ish, all my soul do so en- = - = r Sportando = Fe % = ve ni - 8, che giam-mai se-stin-gue- ri, se - stin-gue - ra, se - stin- gue- rav - ish, That they ne'er shallceaseto glow, shall cease to glow, shall cease to $ i fg iS Sse == Jp! : ¥ FS ~ f—— P a ry sas?P dolevmente legato € crese. Fer * ao ; A pia-ce tan-teml-TaT™- ma_ omi-a eho giam - mai se stin- gue- All my soul do so en - ray-ish, That they ne'er shall cease to glow, P rene. sempre = =F —— === te to oo = rij se-stin - gue - ra, che giam-mai so - stin - - gue - glow, shall cease to glow, that they ne'er shall cease to —— — s — £ =e o v = &. a tempo ie" mz 728 5 wy ei fe tee ra, se - stin-gue - ra, se - stin-gue - ra. glow, shall cease to shall eease to glow. —————__ atc ely == — F veal canto | ute = See be Z — - a E sei fa-toa voi And should fate fo ye <87 ren- de, va - ghi rai del mio bel sd=le, al - tra lu-ceel-la non turn me, Wan -d'ring rays of my fair sun, Oth - er light I cov - et 2 P SS ——OU SS — 1 vo - ler gitm-inai po - tr, Nor the wish can ev-er know, P cresc. poco @ poco ma + Kh SS = wt Pr qe te e js ler giam-mai_ "po - tra, ine vo - ler, nd vo - ler giam- wish can ev - er know, nor the wish, nor the wish can en = i. giam-mai po - tra, nt ler giamnai can ev-er know, nor the— wish can ev - er ie ete += aa 7 P f f ie * car —— = tr 7 aas7aQuella fiam-ma__ che mac = con - de pia-co tan-tqal-Inl-ma In my_— heart the flames that___—burn_me All my soul do so en- = mi - a pia-eo tan-toal-lal-ma che giam-mai see - stin-gue- rav- ish, all my soul do so en That they ne'er shall cease to Sa - <1 ri, se - stin-gue - ra, se - atin - gue - rh, Pia-ce tan-taal-Tal - ma— glow, shallcease to_glow,shallcease to glow, All my soul do so en - as873,se-stin-gue -ri,_ se-stin - Bue- ra, che giam- to glow, that they — a mi-% che giam - mai rav-ish, That they ne'er shall cease to glow, shall cease a Serit se - stin-gne- ra, se - stin- gue- shall cease to glow, shall__ cease to— se - stin - gne - ra, ner shall cease to__glow, — rorese, PPP v 1 col canto, 2, fiam- ma giam-mai, giam-mai se - stin Ta, quel - la. shall__ cease, that they ne'er shall cease glow, that — the ne'er aasra