Quando da voi madonna (Giovanni Domenico da Nola)

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(Posted 2023-07-21) CPDL #74641:

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2023-07-21). Score information: A4 (landscape), 6 pages, 121 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This is a triple edition of the version for soprano and lute from the Bottegari lutebook, [Biblioteca estense (Modena, Italy). C 311) 1574. Three different versions are given: Voice with the lute-part in the original italian lute-tablature, Voice with the Lute-part transcribed in french tablature and voice and lute part in a raw transcript.

(Posted 2023-06-27) CPDL #74362:

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2023-06-27). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 115 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A practical edition.

(Posted 2023-06-27) CPDL #74361:

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2023-06-27). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 86 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A diplomatic edition: Mensural notation, original clefs, key and note-values. Voices aligned in score.

General Information

Title: Quando da voi madonna
Composer: Giovanni Domenico da Nola
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1560 in Madrigali a 4 voci, libro primo (Orlando di Lasso), no. 13
2nd published: 1574 Solo voice and lute version by Cosimo Bettegeri in manuscript lute-book in Biblioteca Estense (Modena, Italy). C 311
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Quando da voi madonna son lontano
  Mille cose per dirui ho nel pensiero
  Ma poi d'appresso quel disegno e vano
  Che nullo senso me riman intiero
  Et per dolcezza del miravi'insano
  A pena scorg' il mio primo sentiero.
  Hor ben potete voi ne gliocchi'istessi
  Tutti desir miei legger espressi.

English translation

When I am far from you Lady
I can bring into my mind a thousand things to say to you.
But afterwards (when I meet you) those designs are as in vain
No meaning or sense remains to me
as the sweetness of the sight causes insanity.
With difficulty, I discern my former path.
But truly, you can see in my eyes
all my desires clearly expressed.