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Baci soavi e cari (Carlo Gesualdo)

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CPDL #16490:

Editor: Daniel Harmer (submitted 2008-03-31). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 58 kbytes Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Finale file is zipped. The time signature varies through 4/2, 2/2 and 6/2. This made it virtually impossible to use with parts. The time signature is now 4/2 throughout. No other changes were made.

General Information

Title: Baci soavi e cari (Prima Parte)
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il Primo Libro di Madrigali - 1594

Description: There is also a second part: Quanto ha di dolce amore.

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Original text and translations

Italian text

Baci soavi e cari,
Cibi de la mia vita,
C'or m'involate,
or mi rendete il core.
Per voi convien ch'impari
Come un'alma rapita
Non sente il duol di morte
E pur si more.

English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
Sweet kisses, so dear to me,
Nourishment of my life –
That life which you are now stealing from me –
Now, sweet kisses, you are giving me back my heart.
Because of you I must learn
How a soul which is sundered from the body
Feels not the pain of death
Though its owner die.