Si come seti bella (Costanzo Festa)

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• (Posted 2022-10-16)  CPDL #71176:       

Editor: Leonardo Lollini (submitted 2022-10-16).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 129 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Original pitch and durations. Modern clefs

• (Posted 2022-07-02)  CPDL #69854: 

Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2022-07-02).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 77 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Modern clefs. Note values halved.

General Information

Title: Si come seti bella
Composer: Costanzo Festa
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1537 in Il terzo libro de madrigali (Philippe Verdelot), no. 3
Description: There another madrigal with the same title and author, but for 3 voices. The text in sopran begins "Si como seti bella" but in the other voices begins "Si come seti bella."

Original text and translations

Italian text

Sì come sete bella,
Gentil madonna,
Fusti anchor pietosa:
Qual ha ’l mondo di voi
Più bella cosa?
Donque che crudeltade
Spenga tanta beltade
Et priv’il mondo
Del suo prim’honore?
Ahi, che no ‘l vogli'amore!