Ancor che l'alto mio (Giaches de Wert)

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• (Posted 2023-02-14)  CPDL #72630:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-02-14).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2017-06-29)  CPDL #45200:          (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2017-06-29).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 230 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up one note from G-dorian.

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Title: Ancor che l'alto mio
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1595 in L'undecimo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 8
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Original text and translations

Italian text Ancor che l'alto mio nobil pensiero, Nodrisca questa mia dolente vita, Come creder debb' io, Ch'in un punto non manchi? e sbigottita, L'alma non passi al tenebroso impero, E quivi non veggendo l'Idol mio, Cangiar si senta il suo vivace ardore, Nel piu crudel dolore.

English translation Although my lofty noble thought nourishes this, my sad life, how should I think, that in but a moment it might fail? And dismayed, might not my soul pass on to the shadowy empire, and there, not seeing my Idol, feel its vibrant passion change into the cruelest torment. Translation by Allen Garvin