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Quand'io penso al martire (Jacques Arcadelt)

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Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-11-17).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 44 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Quand'io penso al martire
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt
Lyricist: Pietro Bembocreate page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci, 1539

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Quand’io penso al martire, amor,
Che tu mi dai gravos’e forte,
Corro per gir’ a morte
Sì sperando i misi danni finire.
Ma poi ch’io giug’al passo
Che port’in questo
mar pien di tormento
Tanto piacer ne sento
che l’alma si rinforza
Ond’io no’l passo.
Così’l viver m’ancide,
così la morte mi ritorn’in vita
O miseria infinita
Che l’un apport’e l’altra non recide.

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