O dolcezze amarissime (Seconda parte), SWV 2 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2017-06-11)  CPDL #44944:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-06-11).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 72 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #32161, with corrections to underlay.

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• (Posted 2014-06-03)  CPDL #32161:         

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2014-06-03).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 94 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print, Mensurstrich layout, original key signature and note values, musica ficta clearly marked.

• (Posted 2011-10-01)  CPDL #24653:        (MuP)

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2011-10-01).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

O dolcezze amarissime, SWV 2 (2nda parte of O primavera)
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1611 in Il primo libro de madrigali, no. 2
    2nd published: 1890 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 9, no. 2
    3rd published: 1962 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 22, no. 2
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Original text and translations

Italian text

O dolcezze amarissime d'amore,
quanto è più duro perdervi,
che mai non v'haver
ò provate ò possedute,
come saria l'amar felice stato,
se'l già goduto ben non si perdesse
o quando egli si perde,
ogni memoria ancora
del dileguato ben si dileguasse.