Lamento d'Arianna (Claudio Monteverdi)

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Complete, from the Sixth Book of Madrigals (1614)

• (Posted 2013-05-27)  CPDL #29240:   

Editor: Alessandro Magagnin (submitted 2006-07-14).   Score information: A4, 29 pages, 524 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Madrigals for SATTB: Lasciatemi morire / O Tèseo, Tèseo mio / Dove dov'è la fede / Ahi ch'ei non più risponde

Separate movements

O Tèseo, Tèseo mio

• (Posted 2012-02-05)  CPDL #25551:     

– Vocal parts:   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 817 kB   

– Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 131 kB   

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2012-02-05).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 933 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from first edition at Petrucci library (IMSLP).

General Information

Title: Lamento d'Arianna
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Ottavio Rinuccini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Il Lamento d'Arianna is composed of madrigal arrangements from the opera Arianna (lost). The lament was saved from oblivion by Monteverdi's decision to publish it independently from the opera: first in 1614 (SV 107) as a five-voice madrigal, then in 1623 (SV 22) as a monody and finally, in 1640, as a sacred hymn. The five-voice adaptation was included in the composer's Sixth Book of Madrigals. In 1868 the lament was published in Paris, and in 1910 the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi issued an edited, orchestral transcription.

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External websites:

• Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.

• View the Wikipedia article on Lamento d'Arianna.

• IMSLP: Lamento d'Arianna, SV 22 (Monteverdi, Claudio)
• IMSLP: Madrigals, Book 6, SV 107–116 (Monteverdi, Claudio)

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