Clori gentil (Giovanni Artusi)

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• (Posted 2014-11-10)  CPDL #33337:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2014-11-10).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 72 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Clori gentil
Composer: Giovanni Artusi
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in Canzonette a quattro voci, no. 7
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text Clori gentil dicea, mentr'il suo bel Damon morir vedea, dolcissimo ben mio, deh non morir se pria, non mor' anch'io.

English translation Kind Cloris spoke as she watched lovely Damon die: “My sweetest, if you don’t die first, I also will not die.” Translation by Nicholas Jones