Io vorrei pur fuggir (Francesco Corteccia)

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• (Posted 2020-01-07)  CPDL #56563:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-01-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 77 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2011-06-09)  CPDL #23698:        (Sibelius 6)

Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2011-06-09).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Io vorrei pur fuggir
Composer: Francesco Corteccia

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 (Jacques Arcadelt), no. 1.06
    2nd published: 1544 in Libro primo de madrigali a quattro voci, no. 25
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Original text and translations

Italian text Io vorrei pur fuggir, crudel amore, dal tuo giog[o] aspr[o] e grave, e scioglier[e] il cor dall'empie tue catene. Ma s'io dolc[e] e soave inganno ordisc[o] a quella speme ogn'ora, ch'a forza del tuo impir, legato il tiene, così nel foll[e] error[e] mi vivo, e parmi ch'ogni picciol bene mi paghi di mill[e] onte, e mille pene.

English translation I would certainly like to escape, cruel lover, your harsh and heavy yoke, and free the heart from your wicked chains. But, as I create tricks of my own to distract myself from that hope, time and time again, so that the heart is bound by your wickedness, I end up living in foolish deception, and any punily positive event seems to repay a thousand affronts, and a thousand sorrows. Translation by Campelli