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Io la musica son, ch’ai dolci accenti
So far tranquillo ogni turbato core,
Et or di nobil ira et or d’amore
Poss’infiammar le più gelate menti.

I am Music, who in sweet accents
Can calm each troubled heart,
And now with noble anger, now with love,
Can kindle the most frigid minds.

Orfeo, Monteverdi