Con che soavità (Claudio Monteverdi)

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CPDL #19409:   LilyPond

Editor: Björn Sothmann (submitted 2009-05-05).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 603 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported

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• CPDL #5845: Sibelius 2

Editor: Steven Langley Guy (submitted 2003-10-24).   Score information: A4, 19 pages, 176 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Edition uses original C clefs. Revised edition posted March 30, 2004.

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Title: Con che soavità
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: String ensemble, Basso continuo
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Original text and translations

Italian text Con che soavità, labbra adorate e vi bacio e v’ascolto: ma se godo un piacer, l’altro m’è tolto. Come i vostri diletti s’ancidono fra lor, se dolcemente vive per ambedue l’anima mia? Che soave armonia fareste, o dolci baci, o cari detti, se foste unitamente d’ambedue le dolcezze ambo capaci, baciando i detti e ragionando i baci.

English translation How softly, adored lips, I kiss or listen to you: but when I enjoy one pleasure, I am deprived of the other. How is it that your delights can annul each other, if my soul lives tenderly for both? Such sweet harmony you would make, oh dear kisses, oh delicate words, if only you were equally capable of procuring both delights: to kiss the words and to speak the kisses.