Io non potria goder gioia perfetta (Claudio Merulo)

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  • (Posted 2020-07-26)  CPDL #59889:        (LilyPond)
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-07-26).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 100 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: In original high clefs. Transposition instructions (for Lilypond users) are in the source zip (or, feel free to request one via email).

General Information

Title: Io non potria goder gioia perfetta
Composer: Claudio Merulo
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1576 in Musica di 13 autori illustri, no. 5
    2nd published: 1588 in Gemma musicalis liber primus (Friedrich Lindner), no. 24
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Io non potria goder gioia perfetta
Se non vedessi voi mia cara gioia,
Il cui vago splendor si mi diletta;
Che poco ogni altra tenebre m'annoia
Mentre a tesaurizzarvi io son eletta,
Gioisco nel mio cuor di tanta gioia
Che mirandovi gli occhi e'l vago viso:
Mi par veder aperto il paradiso.