Ite caldi sospiri (Jacquet de Berchem)

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• (Posted 2024-01-07)  CPDL #78632:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2024-01-07).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1540 print. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values. Italian spelling modernised.

General Information

Title: Ite caldi sospiri
Composer: Jacquet de Berchem
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: STTTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1540 in Le dotte et eccellente compositioni de i Madrigali a cinque voci da diversi perfettissimi musici fatte, Edition 2, no. 28
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Ite caldi sospiri al freddo core,
Rompete il giaccio che pieta contende,
E se prego mortal al ciel s'estende,
Mort'o merce sia fin del mio dolore.

(The first stanza of Canzoniere, 153)