Amor mi strugge'l cor (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2017-05-02)  CPDL #44345:         

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2017-05-02).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1566 Gardano edition. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note-values. Alto in transposed violin clef. Italian spelling modernised.

General Information

Title: Amor mi strugge'l cor
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1563 in Terzo libro di madrigali a 5 voci, no. 5
    2nd published: 1584 in Spoglia amorosa (Scotto), no. 16, p. 18
    3rd published: 1597 in Cinquante pseaumes de David (ed. Simon Goulart) – psalm contrafact, no. 19
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Amor mi strugge 'l cor, Fortuna il priva
d'ogni conforto, onde la mente stolta
s'adira et piange: et cosí in pena molta
sempre conven che combattendo viva.

(Canzoniere 124)