Ahi dolorosa vita (Marco da Gagliano)

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• (Posted 2025-05-05)  CPDL #84793:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2025-05-05).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 193 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Ahi dolorosa vita
Composer: Marco da Gagliano
Lyricist: Giovanni Villifranchi
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1605 in Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 13
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Ahi dolorosa vita,
Ahi lagrimoso fine;
Bellezze pellegrine,
Voi, voi bellezze incolpo,
Voi, che faceste il colpo,
Ond'io lieto sperai trovare aita,
Ahi dolorosa vita.

Giovanni Villifranchi, Astrea, favola pastorale(1594),p.93