Qual salamandra (Vincenzo Neriti da Salò)

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• (Posted 2024-01-21)  CPDL #78832:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2024-01-21).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 75 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Qual salamandra
Composer: Vincenzo Neriti da Salò
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1595 in Il secondo libro di canzonette, no. 12
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Original text and translations

Italian text Qual salamandra in mezz'al foco vivo, Qual Filomena1 i me ne vo lagnando, E come Cigno morirò cantando, Qual cieca talpe son di luce privo, Qual nebbia al vento mi vo consumando, E come… Qual Cervo io cerco fonte d’acqua vivasup>2, e qual pavone vo voci giettando, E come... 1 Philomela, nightingale; cf. The Greek myth of Philomela, Prokne and Tereus. 2 Psalm 42

German translation Gleich einem Salamander lebe ich inmitten von Feuer, gleich Philomena gehe ich klagend umher, und wie ein Schwan sterbe ich singend. Gleich einem blinden Maulwurf ist mir das Licht versagt, gleich wie der Nebel vergehe ich im Wind, und … Wie der Hirsch suche ich eine Quelle frischen Wassers, und wie der Pfau gehe ich rufend umher, und ... Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation Like a salamander I live inmidst of fire, like Philomena I walk around lamenting, and like a swan I die singing. Like a blind mole I am deprived of light, like fog I vanish in the wind, and … Like a hart I seek for a brook of fresh water, and like a peacock I walk aroung calling, and ... Translation by Gerhard Weydt