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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2009-04-07}} {{CPDLno|19184}} [{{website|wimascores}}vecchi/SelvaDiRecreazione/dolcu.pdf {{extpdf}}] [{{website|wimascores}}vecchi/SelvaDiRecreazione/dolcm.mid {{extmid}}] [{{website|wimascores}}vecchi/SelvaDiRecreazione/dolc.zip {{Extzip}}] (MusiXTex) | |||
*{{CPDLno|19184}} [{{website|wimascores}}vecchi/SelvaDiRecreazione/dolcu.pdf {{extpdf}}] [{{website|wimascores}}vecchi/SelvaDiRecreazione/dolcm.mid {{extmid}}] | |||
{{Editor|Christian Mondrup|2009-04-07}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|8|103}}{{Copy|Personal}} | {{Editor|Christian Mondrup|2009-04-07}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|8|103}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Dolcissima mia vita''}} | |||
{{Composer|Orazio Vecchi}} | {{Composer|Orazio Vecchi}} | ||
{{Voicing|7|SAT.ATTB}} | {{Voicing|7|SAT.ATTB}} | ||
{{Genre| | {{Genre|Secular|Madrigals}} | ||
{{Language|Italian}} | {{Language|Italian}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Pub|1|1590|in ''{{NoCo|Selva di varia ricreatione}}''|no=29}} | |||
{{Descr| }} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|Italian| | {{Text|Italian| | ||
Dolcissima mia vita, | Dolcissima mia vita, | ||
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Che tuor altrui la vita. | Che tuor altrui la vita. | ||
Hor vivi e godi più felice vita | Hor vivi e godi più felice vita | ||
E in noi sia un sol voler e una sol vita. | E in noi sia un sol voler e una sol vita.}} | ||
}} | {{mdl}} | ||
{{Translation|English| | {{Translation|English| | ||
Light of my life, | |||
when will you ever return to life for me? | when will you ever return to life for me? | ||
How can it be that you are lifeless | How can it be that you are lifeless | ||
and yet you breathe and speak as if you were alive? | and yet you breathe and speak as if you were alive? | ||
Other people are dead if they are not alive | Other people are dead if they are not alive | ||
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Yet, although I speak, alas, I live not. | Yet, although I speak, alas, I live not. | ||
And how can anyone, without a heart, be living? | And how can anyone, without a heart, be living? | ||
When I look upon you, my heart, my life, | When I look upon you, my heart, my life, | ||
[I ask myself] who it was that killed your heart, | [I ask myself] who it was that killed your heart, | ||
you thief of all hearts and lives: | you thief of all hearts and lives: | ||
you robbed me of mine, and with your glances | you robbed me of mine, and with your glances | ||
you stole away my life. | you stole away my life. | ||
I would rather lose my soul and my life | I would rather lose my soul and my life | ||
than be responsible for the death of others. | than be responsible for the death of others. | ||
Now you live and enjoy a happier life: | Now you live and enjoy a happier life: | ||
let us have a single will and a single life. | let us have a single will and a single life.}} | ||
}} | {{Translator|Mick Swithinbank}} | ||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Renaissance music]] | [[Category:Renaissance music]] |
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Music files
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- Editor: Christian Mondrup (submitted 2009-04-07). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 103 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: MusiXTex file is zipped.
General Information
Title: Dolcissima mia vita
Composer: Orazio Vecchi
Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: SAT.ATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1590 in Selva di varia ricreatione, no. 29
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
Italian text Dolcissima mia vita, |
English translation Light of my life,
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