Un'ape esser vorrei (Pietro Vinci)

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  • (Posted 2024-09-09)  CPDL #81922:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-09-09).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: transposed down a 5th.
  • (Posted 2024-09-09)  CPDL #81921:        (LilyPond)
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-09-09).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: Original high clefs.

General Information

Title: Un'ape esser vorrei
Composer: Pietro Vinci
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Il sesto libro de madrigali à 5 voci (Venice:Girolamo Scotto press)
Description: 

External websites:

Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Un'ape esser vorrei,
poiché vi fece la natura fiore,
Cloride bella ch'io poi cercarei
per forza o per inganni
passermi del soave vostro odore,
lasciando questo cor nel vostro core.

English.png English translation

I would wish to be a bee,
for nature made you a flower,
lovely Chloris, that I would thus seek
by force or by deceit,
to bask in your sweet scent,
leaving this heart in your heart.

Translation by Allen Garvin