Ah che non si conviene (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2014-07-21)  CPDL #32483:       

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-07-21).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 98 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 36 kB   

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• (Posted 2009-05-05)  CPDL #19404:       

Editor: Björn Sothmann (submitted 2009-05-05).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 320 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported

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General Information

Title: Ah che non si conviene
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: TT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1619 in Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 9
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Original text and translations

Italian text Ah, che non si conviene romper la fede a chi la fe’ mantiene. Il mio fermo voler è quell’istesso lontan da voi, ch’esservi suole appresso, nè può cangiarlo morte, nè sia malvagia sorte: ma, fermo come a l’onda immobil scoglio, e viver vostro e morir vostro io voglio.

English translation Alas, it’s unwise to wrest faith from he who has it. My love remains constant, be I faraway or near you, and not even death can change it nor bad luck: thus, steady as a rock in a storm, to live and die with you is my desire.