Quell'ombra esser vorrei (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• CPDL #31767:     

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-04-24).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 109 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original key

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Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-04-24).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 108 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Fourth down, according to chiavette convention. Suitable for STTBarB

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Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2012-11-10).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Quell'ombra esser
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Girolamo Casoni

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 10

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Original text and translations

Italian text Quell’ombra esser vorrei che’l dì vi segue leggiadretta e bella, che s’or son servo, i’ sarei vostr’ancella. E quando parte il sole, m’asconderei sotto quei bianchi panni: lasso, ben negli affanni, ombra ignuda d’uom vivo, Amor, mi fai, ma non mi giungi a la mia donna mai.

English translation I would love to be that shadow that follows you by day, graceful and pretty, for if I already am enslaved,  [I would then be your maid too. And at sunset I would hide under those white garments: alas!, amidst much sorrow you turn me, Love, into the mere shadow of a living man, but never join me to my mistress. Translation by Campelli |valign="baseline" width=33.333333333333%| French translation Je voudrais bien être cette ombre qui vous suit le jour, gracieuse et belle, car étant déjà votre esclave,  [je deviendrais aussi votre demoiselle. Et au coucher du soleil je me cacherais sous ces draps blancs: hélas, Amour, plongé dans les tourments tu me transformes en spectre d’homme vivant, mais jamais avec mon amour tu me réunis. Translation by Campelli {{bottom}