Lasso quand'io credei (Vittoria Aleotti)

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  • (Posted 2017-08-19)  CPDL #45974:   
Editor: Amelia LeClair (submitted 2017-08-19).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 59 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Please credit Amelia LeClair in your printed programs

General Information

Title: Lasso quand'io credei
Composer: Vittoria Aleotti
Lyricist: Unknown

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: From Ghirlanda de Madrigali, 1593

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Lasso, quand’io credei d’esser felice
In una selva tenebrosa e oscura
Mi ritrovai per me troppo infelice,
Che così piacque a mia stella noiosa.
E meno ancor mia vita aspra e penosa,
E quasi ho svelt’il cuor da la radice,
E quella a cui serv’io m’è ogn’or ritrosa,
Nè il gridar vale, e favellar non lice.