I think that, if the hills (Alfonso Ferrabosco I)

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• (Posted 2021-02-13)  CPDL #62890:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2021-02-13).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third. Source: Madrigals to five voices, selected out of the best approved Italian authors by Thomas Morley, pub. Thomas East, 1598.

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Title: I think that, if the hills
Composer: Alfonso Ferrabosco I
Lyricist:

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque, no. 18
    2nd published: 1598 in Madrigals to five voices (ed. Thomas Morley) – English translation, no. 3
Description: A translation of Ferrabosco's madrigal 'Sì ch'io mi cred'omai'.

Original text and translations

English text

I think that, if the hills, the plains and mountains
and woods and waters knew the great distemper of this my life,
it should not be concealed, of this my life,
but through such bypaths and savage fountains
I know not how to search for true love
semper that by reason each one may be revealed.