Dimmi Clori gentil (Leone Leoni)
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- (Posted 2018-05-27) CPDL #49864:
- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2018-05-27). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 388 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third from G-dorian.
General Information
Title: Dimmi Clori gentil
Composer: Leone Leoni
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1602 in Bell' Alba: quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 20
2nd published: 1605 in Giardino novo I (Melchior Borchgrevinck), no. 7
Description: Canto performs as a Nightingale from a distance.
Quinto sounds an echo to Canto as a second Nightingale from a-far.
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Dimmi Clori gentil perche non ami,
Aman la terra e'l cielo,
Amano'l caldo e'l gelo,
Le cose inanimate e le viventi,
Le piant' e i pesci, gl'augelli e gl'armenti,
Quel Usignol non senti,
Ch'à la compagna sua sovra quel ramo,
Racconta i suoi lamenti,
Dolce cantand' in mille guise io t'amo,
Et ella che non ha minor desio,
Replica dolcement'i t'amo anch' io.