Liquide perle (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2024-02-11)  CPDL #79091:       

Editor: Leonardo Lollini (submitted 2024-02-11).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 133 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Original pitch and durations. Modern clefs.

• (Posted 2020-05-03)  CPDL #58420:     

Editor: Marcos Mato (submitted 2020-05-03).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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• (Posted 2015-01-03)  CPDL #34078:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-03).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts and source available on IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Liquide perle
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist:

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1580 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 1
    2nd published: 1583 in Musica divina di 19 autori illustri, no. 33
    3rd published: 1588 (September) in Gemma musicalis liber primus (ed. Friedrich Lindner), no. 28
    4th published: 1588 (October) in Musica Transalpina (ed. Nicholas Yonge) – in English translation, Edition 1, no. 31
    5th published: 1606 in Hortus musicalis (ed. Michael Herrer) – sacred contrafact, Book 1, no. 32
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Original text and translations

Italian text Liquide perle, Amor dagli occhi sparse, In premio del mio ardore, Ma, lasso, ohime! che’l core Di maggior foco m'arse; Ahi, che bastava solo A darmi morte il primo ardente duolo.

English translation Liquid pearls from Love's eyes scattered in reward for my ardor, but, alas! my heart burns from a fiercer flame; Ah, it alone suffices, that first ardent pain, to bring me death. Translation by Allen Garvin