Che pietà posso dare (Giovanni Piccioni)

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• (Posted 2021-02-28)  CPDL #63210:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-02-28).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 217 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Che pietà posso dare
Composer: Giovanni Piccioni
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1602 in Il pastor fido; Il sesto libro di madrigali a cinque voci (Giovanni Piccioni), no. 12
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Original text and translations

Italian text Mirtillo Che pietà posso dare, Non la potendo avere? Insomma son fermato Di serbar fin ch'io viva Fede a colei ch'adoro,ò cruda ò pia, Ch'ella sia stata ò sia. Il pastor fido (A3;S6;243;Mirtillo)

English translation Mirtillo How can I give thee, since I am myself So needy? To be short, I've sworn to keep Allegiance while I live, to that fair nymph, Whether she tyrant prov'd or merciful. Translated by William Clapperton