Benedetti i martiri (Jacques Arcadelt)

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• (Posted 2010-06-02)  CPDL #21718:        (Sibelius 7)

Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2010-06-02).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CC0

Edition notes: Significantly updated on April 2014. Transcribed from 1539 Gardano publication of "Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci."

General Information

Title: Benedetti i martiri
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539 in Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci, no. 1.26
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Original text and translations

Italian text Benedetti i martìri ch'io, sostegno d'amor, per voi soffersi. Benedette le lagrime e i sospiri ch'io vò sempre spargendo. Alma, che pianto per dolcezza versi, ben déi morir ridendo, poi ch'à morte ne mena questa, sola fra noi, del ciel sirena.

English translation Blessed be the pains that I, love's stronghold, endured for you. Blessed be the tears and sighs that I ceaselessly let out. O soul, who shed tears out of delight, you shall die laughing, because to death brings she, the only one among us who is resplendent in the sky.   Translation by Campelli