Il vago e bello Armillo (Luca Marenzio)

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  • (Posted 2023-04-29)  CPDL #73643:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-04-29).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 110 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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General Information

Title: Il vago e bello Armillo
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Angelo Grillo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1599 in Il nono libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 7
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Il vago e bello Armillo,
Pagava il dritto al mare,
Con sue lagrime amare,
Mentre in cima d’un scoglio,
Lagrimando sfogava il suo cordoglio.

E dicea: “O beate onde, che specchio sete
A tanta alma beltade,
I miei sospir benigne raccogliete,
Serbando del mio viso ogn’ hora in voi,
L’imagine dogliosa,
Né la confonda il vostro moto poi,
Acciò quando à mirar quella ritrosa,
Em-pia verrà la sua gentil sembianza,
Veda il mio duol che tutti gl’altri avanza”.