Madonna mia, pietà (Orlando di Lasso)

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(Posted 2014-11-24) CPDL #33473:

Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2014-11-24). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 752 kB Copyright: CC BY NC SA

Edition notes: CPDL #30371 reformatted as a part-book, with one page per part.

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(Posted 2013-10-20) CPDL #30371:

Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2013-10-20). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 9 kB Copyright: CC BY NC SA

Edition notes: Based on CPDL #00229 by Rafael Ornes, with four verses of underlay and set without bar lines.

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(Posted 2013-10-03) CPDL #30237: (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-10-03). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 72 kB Copyright: CPDL

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(Posted 2004-06-02) CPDL #07140:

Editor: Rolf Maeder (submitted 2004-06-02). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 55 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Previously hosted on external site. Uploaded to CPDL server 2007-11-23.

(Posted 1999-08-03) CPDL #00229: (Finale 1998)

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-08-03). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Madonna mia, pietà
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1555 in Le quatoirsiesme livre a 4 parties, no. 8
2nd published: 1565 in Dixhuictieme livre de chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), no. 7
3rd published: 1570 in Second livre des chansons a 4 et 5 parties, no. 1
4th published: 1576 in Cantiones suavissimae (Leonhard Schröter) – sacred contrafact, Tomus 1, no. 14
5th published: 1584 in Continuation du mellange, no. 11
6th published: 1584 in Pratum musicum (ed. Emanuel Adriaenssen) – arr. for two voices and lute, Edition 1, no. 14
7th published: 1584 in Pratum musicum (ed. Emanuel Adriaenssen) – arr. for three lutes, Edition 1, no. 39
8th published: 1592 in La fleur des chansons, no. 17
9th published: 1930 in Das Chorwerk, no. 8.12
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Madonna mia, pietà chiam'et aita,
Ch'io moro e stento a torto, e pur volete.
Io grido e nol sentete,
"Acqua madonna al foco,
ch'io mi sento morire, a poco a poco".

Vostra altiera beltà, sola infinita,
è causa ch'io me abbruscia, e'l consentete.
Io grido…

Hormai le scema l'affanata vita,
Nol credi, e con vostri occhi lo vedete.
Io grido…

Di chiedervi mercè son quasi roco,
sol della pena mia prendete gioco.
Pur grido in ogni loco
"Acqua madonna al foco,
ch'io mi sento morire, a poco a poco".

English translation

My lady, I'm calling for mercy and help,
because I'm wrongfully half-starved, yet who allow it.
I cry out and you don't listen,
"Water the fire, lady,
for I feel myself dying, little by little."

Your lofty beauty, unique and boundless,
is what causes me to scorch, and you permit it.
I cry…

Now my troubled life is waning;
you don't believe it, yet you can see it with your own eyes.
I cry…

I'm nearly hoarse begging for your mercy,
yet you only make fun of my suffering.
Still, I cry out wherever I go
"Water the fire, lady,
for I feel myself dying, little by little."

Translation by Campelli

Latin text

Cum sit omnipotens rector olympi
et iubeat rogare qua velimus rogare
quid moramur rogare
promptior est in dandis
quae bona sunt quam nos sumus in rogandis.

Contrafact from Cantiones suavissimae (Leonhard Schröter)