Ancide sol la morte (Carlo Gesualdo)
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General Information
Title: Ancide sol la morte
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il Sesto Libro di Madrigali - 1613
Description:
External website(s):
- Facsimile: Partitvra delli sei libri de’ Madrigali a cinqve voci — Madrigals Books I – VI (Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1613) – large download, 70 MB, 492pp
Original text and translations
Italian text
Ancide sol la morte
E tu, mio core, che la vita sei,
Uccider non mi puoi
Col dolce colpo
De’ begli occhi tuoi.
Io, morendo per te, lieto morrei
Se ferita mortale
Uscir potesse
Da beltà vitale.
