Volto di mille e mille grazie adorno (Andrea Gabrieli)

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• (Posted 2024-06-12)  CPDL #80918:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-06-12).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 95 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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Title: Volto di mille e mille grazie adorno
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1574 in Il primo libro de madrigali a 6 voci, Edition 1, no. 7
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Original text and translations

Italian text Volto di mille e mille grazie adorno, vorrei la notte e'l giorno, e quando il verno uccide le viole, e quando in vita le ritorna il sole, starmi tra quelle braccia da cui convien partendo ch'io mi distrugge e sfaccia; Poi che da te, mio bene, onesto, dolce e bello, ogni gioia mi viene.

English translation O face adorned with a thousand, thousand graces, I would wish, night and day, both when winter kills the violets, and when the sun turns them back to life, to remain in those arms from which, upon leaving, I am destroyed and undone; Thus from you, my dear, virtuous, sweet and beautiful, all joy comes to me. Translation by Allen Garvin