Mentre ch'al mar descenderanno (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• (Posted 2015-01-10)  CPDL #34230:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-10).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Mentre ch'al mar descenderanno
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SAAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1555 in Il primo libro de madrigali a 4 voci, no. 21
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Original text and translations

Italian text Mentre ch'al mar descenderanno i fiumi et le fiere ameranno ombrose valli, fia dinanzi a' begli occhi quella nebbia che fa nascer d'i miei continua pioggia, et nel bel petto l'indurato ghiaccio che trâ del mio sì dolorosi vènti. Canzoniere 66, v. 5

English translation As long as the sea receives the rivers and the wild creatures love the shady valleys, her lovely eyes will be concealed by cloud that makes in mine one continuous rain, and in her heart the unyielding ice which draws from mine such sighing winds. Translation by Anthony S. Kline ©