Piangeranno le grazie (Andrea Gabrieli)

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• (Posted 2023-04-09)  CPDL #73417:         

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-04-09).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 96 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Piangeranno le grazie
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1589 in Il terzo libro de madrigali a 5 voci, no. 17
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Original text and translations

Italian text Piangeranno le grazie e Venere e gli Amori, e quella che col mondo in terra adori, fortunato Grechin, quando morrai. E la lacrime belle che dalle pure sue lucenti stelle per dolor caderanno, irrigando il terren ove sarai sepolto, produranno quali di Primavera escono fuori: erbette verdi ed odorati fiori.

English translation The Graces will weep, and Venus and the Cupids, and she who, along with rest of the world on Earth, adores you, fortunate Grechino [little Greek], when you die. And her lovely tears from her pure, shining stars that will fall in grief, watering the ground where you will be buried, will bring about that which springtime brings forth: green herbs and fragrant flowers. Translation by Allen Garvin