Quel dolce suono (Andrea Gabrieli)

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• (Posted 2023-07-01)  CPDL #74434:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-07-01).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Quel dolce suono
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1580 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a 6 voci, no. 11
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Original text and translations

Italian text Quel dolce suono e quel soave canto ch'Amor mi diede, ohimè! morte ha converso in tristi accenti e in doloroso pianto. Ahi stelle! ahi duro fato! ahi sorte ria! chi sia, lasso, chi sia ch'in così acerbo duol pur mi conforte, se non la stessa morte? E di speme per lei nulla m'avanza poiché morte m'ha tolto ogni speranza.

English translation That sweet sound and that gentle song that love granted me, Alas! Death has pronounced in sad tones and in sorrowful weeping. Ah, stars above! Ah hard fate! Ah wicked destiny! who is it, alas, who would it be then that, in such bitter sorrow, would comfort me, if not that same death? And in hope for her nothing comes to me because death has stricken every hope. Translation by Allen Garvin