Cantai mentre ch'i arsi (Cipriano de Rore)

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• (Posted 2020-04-27)  CPDL #58227: 

Original key (high chiavette):      

Transposed down a fourth:       - Alto in transposed violin clef.

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2020-04-27).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 144 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1552 Gardano print. Original note values. Since the Quintus has a slightly higher tessitura than the Tenor, we put Quintus as Tenor I and Tenor as Tenor II.

• (Posted 2018-11-15)  CPDL #52032:   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-15).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 117 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes:

• CPDL #32656:         

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2014-08-10).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print, Mensurstrich layout, original note values and key signature, musica ficta clearly marked. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Cantai mentre ch'i arsi

Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist: Giovanni Brevio

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1542 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, Edition 1, no. 1
    2nd published: 1544 in Il primo libro de madrigali cromatici a cinque voci, Edition 3, no. 3
    3rd published: 1584 in Spoglia amorosa (Scotto), no. 9, p. 11
    4th published: 1592 in Pratum musicum (ed. Emanuel Adriaenssen) – arr. for two voices and lute, Edition 2, no. 18

Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text

Cantai, mentre ch'i arsi, del mio foco
La viva fiamma ov'io morendo vissi,
Ben che quant'io cantai e quant’io scrissi
Di madonna e d’amor fu nulla o poco.
Ma se i begli occhi ond’il mio cor s’accese,
Del lor chiaro divin almo splendore
Non m’havessero a torto fatto indegno,
Col canto havrei l’interno e grave ardore
A gl’orecchi di tal fatto palese
Che pietà fora ov’alberga ira e sdegno.
A gl’amorosi strali fermo segno sarei,
pieno di dolce aspro martiro
Ov’hora in libertà piagno e sospiro:
Ay, pace in cor d’amanti non ha loco.