Voi bramate ch'io moia (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2023-11-07)  CPDL #77064:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-11-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th.

• (Posted 2023-11-07)  CPDL #77063:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-11-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Original (high) clefs.

• (Posted 2018-11-25)  CPDL #52371:         

Editor: Annie Pousse (submitted 2018-11-25).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 242 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Voi bramate ch'io moia
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1594 in Il sesto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 14
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Original text and translations

Italian text Voi bramate ch'io moia ed io morir desio, pur ch'io vi piaccia almen col morir mio. ma se trarmi non può di vita fuori quel vostro empio rigore, perché prova non fate d'usarmi invece di rigor pietate? Che d'uccidermi avrà forza maggiore, s'huom di piacer più che di doglia more.

English translation You yearn that I die and I long to die, provided I please you, at least, with my dying, but if that cruel rigor of yours cannot from life severe me. why do you not try pity instead of rigor? For it will have far greater power to kill me, if a man dies more from pleasure than from pain. Translation by Allen Garvin