Al lume delle stelle (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2014-09-03)  CPDL #32853:       

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-09-03).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 127 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 38 kB   

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• (Posted 2009-05-05)  CPDL #19405:       

Editor: Björn Sothmann (submitted 2009-05-05).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 546 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported

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General Information

Title: Al lume delle stelle
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1619 in Concerto: settimo libro de madrigali (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 22
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Original text and translations

Italian text Al lume delle stelle Tirsi, sotto un alloro, si dolea lagrimando in questi accenti: «O celesti facelle, di lei ch’amo ed adoro rassomigliate voi gli occhi lucenti. Luci care e serene, sento gli affanni, ohimè, sento le pene; luci serene e liete, sento le fiamme lor mentre splendete.»

English translation By light of the stars Tirsi, under a laurel, laments in this tone: ‘Oh, heavenly torches, of whom I love and adore you remind me the bright eyes. Beloved and serene lights, I feel my loss, alas, and my woe; serene and joyful lights, I feel your flames as you flicker.