Tra mille fiamme

Notes on selected settings

• Orazio Vecchi
  • a 5 SSSATB or SSTBarB
  • a 6 SSSATTB or SSTBarBarB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Claudio Monteverdi — Tra mille fiamme  Italian SAATB
• Orazio Vecchi — Tra mille fiamme a 5  Italian SSATB
• Orazio Vecchi — Tra mille fiamme a 6  Italian SSATTB

Text and translations

Italian text Tra mille fiamme e tra mille catene, onde n'accend'e lega Amor, a le mie pene scelse la più gentil e la più bella amorosa fiammella, che sì soavemente m'impiagò il cor, che per beltà gradita morir m'è dolce e non sperar aita.

German translation Unter den tausend Flammen und tausend Ketten, womit Amor entflammt und fesselt, hat er für meine Qualen gewählt das anmutigste und das schönste liebliche Flämmchen, das derart liebreich mein Herz verwundet hat, dass durch angenehme Schönheit sterben mir süß ist, und nicht auf Hilfe zu hoffen. Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation Among the thousand flames and thousand chains by which Love kindles and ties, he has for my pains chosen the most charming and most beautiful lovely flamelet, that thus gently wounded my heart that dying by pleasing beauty is sweet to me, and not to hope for help. Translation by Gerhard Weydt