Parlo miser o taccio (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2014-08-24)  CPDL #32774:       

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-08-24).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 133 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 37 kB   

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• (Posted 2009-05-06)  CPDL #19427:       

Editor: Björn Sothmann (submitted 2009-05-06).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 488 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported

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General Information

Title: Parlo miser o taccio
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1619 in Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 20
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Original text and translations

Italian text Parlo, miser, o taccio? S’io taccio, che soccorso avrà il morire? S’io parlo, che perdono avrà l’ardire? Taci, che ben s’intende chiusa fiamma talhor da chi l’accende; parla in me la pietade, parla in lei la beltade e dice quel bel volto al crudo core: chi può mirarmi e non languir d’amore?

English translation Should I, poor wretch, speak out or hold my tongue? If I keep silence, will death ease my troubles? If I speak, will boldness be forgiven? Stay silent! For a smothered flame is clear indeed to he who lit the fire; I heed the promptings of mercy, she heeds the promptings of beauty, and the handsome face says to the stony heart: who can see me and not pine for love?