Mentre, mia stella, miri (Carlo Gesualdo)
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- Editor: Christos Christodoulou (submitted 2014-12-27). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 57 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Mentre, mia stella, miri
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1594
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Italian text
Mentre, mia stella, miri
i bei celesti giri,
il ciel esser vorrei
perchè tu rivolgessi
fiso negli occhi miei
le tue dolci faville,
lo vagheggiar potessi,
mille bellezze tue con luci mille.