Donne, il celeste lume (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2015-01-17)  CPDL #34357:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-17).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 125 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts and source available on IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Donne, il celeste lume
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Cristoforo Castelletti

Number of voices: 9vv   Voicing: SSATB.SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 15
    2nd published: 1590 in Dialoghi musicali (Angelo Gardano), no. 46
    3rd published: 1597 in Fiori del Giardino, no. 58
Description: This piece was written specifically as an intermedio for Castelletti's play Stravaganze D'Amore (see act 4, scene 17).

Original text and translations

Italian text

Donne, il celeste lume
de gl’occhi vostri, che sì dolce splende,
I nostri petti accende;
ma l’alma dentro a le gran fiamme vive
non sface, anzi di lor si nutre e vive.
Stravaganza d’amore,
ch’arda in eterno, e mai non strugga un core.