Quivi sospiri pianti (Luzzasco Luzzaschi)

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• (Posted 2020-08-28)  CPDL #60310:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-08-28).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 81 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2016-07-31)  CPDL #40591:          (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2016-07-31).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 284 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Quivi sospiri pianti
Composer: Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Lyricist: Dante Alighieri

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1576 in Secondo Libro de Madrigali a 5 voci, no. 18
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Original text and translations

Italian text Quivi sospiri pianti et alti guai, Rissonavan per l'aer senza stelle, Perch' io al cominciar ne lagrimai, Diverse lingue horribili favelle, Parole di dolore accenti d'ira, Voci alte et fioche et suon di man con elle. (facevano un tumolto, il qual s'aggira  sempre in quell'aura sanza tempo tinta,  come la rena quando turbo spira.)

English translation Their sighs, lamentations and loud wailings  resounded through the starless air,  so that at first it made me weep;  Strange utterances, horrible pronouncements,  words of pain, tones of anger,  voices shrill and faint, and beating hands,  (all went to make a tumult that will whirl  forever through that turbid, timeless air,  like sand that eddies when a whirlwind swirls.) Canto III, lines 22-30.