A dio, mio dolce Aminta (Alberto da l'Occa)

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• (Posted 2023-08-23)  CPDL #74985:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-23).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th.

• (Posted 2023-08-23)  CPDL #74984:        (Lilypond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-23).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Original high clefs.

General Information

Title: A dio, mio dolce Aminta
Composer: Alberto da l'Occa
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SSAAB or SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in I lieti amanti libro primo (ed. Hippolito Zanluca) (Venice: Vincenzi e Amadino press), no. 13
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Original text and translations

Italian text Addio, mio dolce Aminta. Bella mia Silvia, addio, disse sovra un bel rio pastor afflitto, afflitta pastorella, ei sospirando ed ella. E'l dividersi solo era cagion del duolo, ché partendo ambo ne' più freschi albori, si diviser da lor gli accesi cori.

English translation Farewell, my sweet Aminta. My lovely Sylvia, farewell, he said by a lovely stream A shepherd, grief-stricken, a grief-struck shepherdess, he sighing, and she as well. And their separation alone was the cause of their sorrow, because both in parting amidst the springtime trees, their passionate hearts were divided asunder. Translation by Allen Garvin