Soccorrete ben mio (Giaches de Wert)

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• (Posted 2023-02-11)  CPDL #72589:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-02-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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Title: Soccorrete ben mio
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1591 in Il decimo libro de madrigali a 5 (Venice: Gardano press), no. 15
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Italian text

Soccorrete ben mio per pietà,
soccorrete al misero mio core:
spegnete in parte il foc'onde l'ardete,
che ho mai del viver mio son poche l'ore.
Fia de' vostri occhi aita il bel guardo soave
che amor altra non ave
virtute onde tener mi possa in vita.