O doloroso sorte (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2020-05-14)  CPDL #58606:     

Editor: Marcos Mato (submitted 2020-05-14).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 58 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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• (Posted 2018-11-14)  CPDL #51959:     

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: O doloroso sorte
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SATTTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 in Il primo libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 9
    2nd published: 1594 in Madrigali a sei voci in un corpo ridotti, no. 20
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Italian text

O dolorosa sorte!
Le lagrime e i martir non mi dan morte
ed amor vuol ch'io mora,
che Madonna a pietà chiuse ha le porte,
e pur son vivo e il pensier sol m'accora.
Ahi! novo e crudo inferno,
ove si nutre il mio gran foco eterno.