Oscura notte (Francesco Soriano)

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• (Posted 2021-07-18)  CPDL #65182:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2021-07-18).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 170 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third because of the chiavette used.

General Information

Title: Oscura notte
Composer: Francesco Soriano
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1592 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci
    2nd published: 1597 in Fiori del Giardino, no. 9
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Original text and translations

Italian text Oscura notte parmi ovunque miro, signor da che son privo di veder il tuo viso, ch’a me è vita, spirto e paradiso. Lasso ch’in van m’adiro, Poi che morte vuol pur che resti vivo a mal mio grado, acciò vivend’io mora Ben mille e mille volte l’hora.

German translation Schwarze Nacht scheint mir,wohin ich schaue, Herr, von dem mir verwehrt ist, dein Gesicht zu sehen, das für mich Leben ist, Seele und Paradies. Ach, umsonst erzürne ich mich, denn der Tod will, dass ich leben bleibe gegen meinen Willen, damit ich lebend sterbe wohl abertausend Mal jede Stunde. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation Black night it seems to me, wherever I look, Sir, of whom I am deprived to behold your face, which for me is life, soul and paradise. Alas, in vain I enrage myself, for death wants that I stay alive against my will, so that I die living well thousand and thousand times each hour. Translation by Gerhard Weydt