Se'l pensier (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2025-01-18)  CPDL #83465: 

• Original high clefs:       Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 115 kB   

• Transposed down a 4th:     Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 118 kB   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2025-01-18).   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Source files may be found on my github (linked from my CPDL profile).

• (Posted 2020-05-16)  CPDL #58645:     

Editor: Marcos Mato (submitted 2020-05-16).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Se'il pensier
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 16
    2nd published: 1590 in Dialoghi musicali (Angelo Gardano), no. 38
    3rd published: 1596 in Madrigali a otto voci (Pierre Phalèse), no. 14, p. 15
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Italian text

Se ’l pensier che mi strugge,
com’è pungente et saldo,
cosí vestisse d’un color conforme,
forse tal m’arde et fugge,
5ch’avria parte del caldo,
et desteriasi Amor là dov’or dorme;
men solitarie l’orme
fôran de’ miei pie’ lassi
per campagne et per colli,
10men gli occhi ad ognor molli,
ardendo lei che come un ghiaccio stassi,
et non lascia in me dramma
che non sia foco et fiamma.