Baci soavi e cari (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2019-07-09)  CPDL #54729: 

Editor: Agnès Blin (submitted 2019-07-09).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 123 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Arrangement pour voix égales SSMAA.

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Edition notes: Fourth down according to chiavette convention.

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General Information

Title: Baci soavi e cari
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 5
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text Baci soavi e cari, cibi della mia vita, ch'or m'involate or mi rendete il core: per voi convien ch'impari come un'alma rapita non senta il duol di mort'e pur si more. Quant'ha di dolce amore, perché sempr'io vi baci, o dolcissime rose, in voi tutto ripose; e s'io potessi ai vostri dolci baci la mia vita finire, o che dolce morire!

English translation Kissing you— my life’s food— takes me away, brings me back, teaches me how to die with no pain, no sorrow. Whatever is sweet in love lingers here every time. I’ll kiss my days away on those lips— a sweet end! Translation by Nicholas Jones Please credit Nicholas Jones, A Poetry Precise and Free (University of Michigan Press, 2017)