Se vago di morire (Lelio Bertani)

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  • (Posted 2016-05-20)  CPDL #39708:          (Finale 2014)
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2016-05-20).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 312 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transposed up one tone from F.

General Information

Title: Se vago di morire
Composer: Lelio Bertani
Lyricist:

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in De floridi virtuosi d'Italia libro secondo (Vincenti & Amadino), no. 17
    2nd published: 1600 in De floridi virtuosi d'Italia (Pierre Phalèse), no. 64
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Original text and translations

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Se vago di morire,
Son pur farfalla al vostro dolce lume,
Che non serbo di lei anco il costume,
C'ha morte e sepoltura in quella fiamma,
Che l'arde a dramma a dramma,
Felice la mia forte,
S'havro tomba ond' haver desio la morte.