Vita de la mia vita (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2022-12-18)  CPDL #71947:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-12-18).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2021-05-10)  CPDL #64384:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2021-05-10).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 129 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Vita de la mia vita
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 Il secondo libro de madrigali a sei voci (Luca Marenzio), no. 14
    2nd published: 1594 in Madrigali a sei voci in un corpo ridotti, no. 68
    3rd published: 1605 in Nervi d'Orfeo (ed. Jacopo Graswinkel), no. 61
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Original text and translations

See Io vidi già sotto l'ardente sole (Luca Marenzio) for the connection between these two madrigal texts.

Italian text Vita de la mia vita, tu mi somigli pallidetta oliva, o rosa scolorita. Né di beltà sei priva, ma in ogni aspetto tu mi sei gradita, o lusinghiera, o schiva. E se mi segui o fuggi, soavemente mi consumi e struggi.

German translation Leben meines Lebens, du erscheinst mir wie eine blässliche Olive oder eine bleiche Rose. An Schönheit fehlt es dir nicht, aber mir bist du in jeder Hinsicht lieb, ob verführerisch oder scheu. Und ob du mir folgst oder mich fliehst, sanft verzehrst und zerschmilzt du mich. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation Life of my life, you appear to me like a pallid olive or a bleak rose. You do not lack beauty, but to me you are dear in every way, be it flattering or shunning. And whether you follow or flee me, gently you consume and melt me. Translation by Gerhard Weydt