Quant'è Madonna mia (Jacques Arcadelt)

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• (Posted 2013-04-22)  CPDL #28825:        (Sibelius 6)

Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2013-04-22).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: All ficta added by the editor (notated in parentheses).

General Information

Title: Quant'è Madonna mia
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. 1.42
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Original text and translations

Italian text Quant'è, madonna mia, foll'el pensiero: se pur de la mia morte ingorda sete, se già voi non porgete aiuto tal col divin volt'altiero ch'in me vita porge, di quel manco: perché morir non può chi non ha vita e quel che vive deve morir' ancho dunque se me darete vita, mia mort' havrete et io per mort' anchor havrò la vita.

English translation How crazy is this thought, my lady: although you are craving for my death, if you do not help me by looking at me with that scornful countenance that gives me life, and which I miss so much: then, since who has no life cannot die and he who has life must die, then—if you give me life, you'll have my death, and I, through death, will gain my life. Translation by Campelli