Come poss'io morir (Teodoro Riccio)

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• (Posted 2025-11-23)  CPDL #87524:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2025-11-23).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Come poss'io morir
Composer: Teodoro Riccio
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SATTB or SSATB
Genre: Secular, Canzone

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1577 Libro primo delle canzone alla Napolitana (Teodoro Riccio), no. 23
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Original text and translations

Italian text Come poss’io morir, se non ho vita? Dunqu’a chi darme mort’a tutte l’hore, potrà l’homo morir, se non ha vita.

German translation Wie kann ich sterben, wenn ich kein Leben habe? Derzufolge, die mich jederzeit sterben lässt, wird der Mensch sterben können, auch wenn er kein Leben hat. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation How can I die if I do not have life? According to the one that makes me die any time, a man may die even if he has no life. Translation by Gerhard Weydt