O Donna troppo cruda e troppo bella (Salamone Rossi)

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  • (Posted 2021-05-07)  CPDL #64351:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 263 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: O Donna troppo cruda e troppo bella
Composer: Salamone Rossi
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1600 in Il primo libro de madrigali (Salamone Rossi), no. 8
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

O Donna troppo cruda, e troppo bella,
Da voi vien la mia sorte:
Voi sete la mia vita, e la mia morte.
Mà, se la morte sete,
Perche la vita ne' begli occhi havete?
E, se sete la vita,
Che non mi date aita?

Guarini, Rime 41