Chiara fontana (Orlando di Lasso)

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(Posted 2014-11-03) CPDL #33283:  Finale 2004

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2014-11-03).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 109 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Chiara fontana
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricists: Francesco Petrarca and Anthony S. Kline (translator)

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1557, Secondo libro delle muse, madrigali … con una canzone del Petrarca, 5vv (Rome)

Description: Part 4 of Standomi un giorno

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Original text and translations

Italian text Chiara fontana in quel medesmo bosco sorgea d'un sasso, et acque fresche et dolci spargea, soavemente mormorando; al bel seggio, riposto, ombroso et fosco, né pastori appressavan né bifolci, ma ninphe et muse a quel tenor cantando: ivi m'assisi; et quando piú dolcezza prendea di tal concento et di tal vista, aprir vidi uno speco, et portarsene seco la fonte e 'l loco: ond'anchor doglia sento, et sol de la memoria mi sgomento

English translation In that same grove a crystal fountain sprang from beneath a stone, and sprinkled sweet fresh water, murmuring gently: no shepherd or flocks ever approached that lovely place, secret, shadowy and dark, but nymphs and Muses singing to its tones: there I sat: and while I absorbed the sweetness of that harmony, and of the sight, I saw a cave yawn wide, and carry with it the fountain and its site: so I feel the grief, and the memory alone dismays me.