Cosi morir debb'io, SWV 5 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• CPDL #32184:       

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2014-06-05).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print, Mensurstrich layout, original key signature and note values, musica ficta clearly marked

• CPDL #24679:      MUP

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2011-10-08).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 56 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Cosi morir debb'io
Work: Il primo libro de madrigali (First book of madrigals, Op. 1, Venice, 1611)
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1611

Description: From Il Pastor Fido, act IV, scene v

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Italian text

Così morir debb'io,
nè sarà chi m'ascolti o me diffenda,
così da tutti abandonata
e priva d'ogni speranza,
accompagnata solo
da un'estrema infelice
e funesta pietà,
che non m'aita.