S'egli è vero (Orazio Vecchi)

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• (Posted 2006-07-12)  CPDL #11977:  (lute tablature and transcription) (MusiXTex)

Editor: Christian Mondrup (submitted 2006-07-12).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Scored for SSB.

• (Posted 2002-12-29)  CPDL #04432: 

Editor: Marco Gallo (submitted 2002-12-29).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 24 kB   Copyright: Free Art License

Edition notes: listed alphabetically by composer. Scored for TTB

General Information

Title: S'egli è vero
Composer: Orazio Vecchi

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicings: TTB or SSB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella or lute

First published: 1590 in Selva di varia ricreatione, no. 13
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Original text and translations

Italian text Se gli è vero, Himeneo, Che l’alm’e i cori Di sald’amori Legh’ agli amanti Con nodi santi Hor stringi Aminta E Clori così forte Che non si sciolgan mai, Se non per morte. E s’annodi gli amanti A tutt’e l’hore D’eterno amore Con pace unita In Cielo ordita Hor fa se giusto E se benigno sei Ch’eterni sien gli amori E gl’Himenei.

English translation by Luigi Cataldi If it is true, Hymenaeus, that you bind the souls and hearts of the lovers with holy knots of strong affections, then knit Aminta and Clori so firmly that they can be untied only by death. And, if you continually tie the lovers with endless love and common peace wished in Heaven, then, if you are righteous and mild, let love and wedlock be eternal.