Dolcissimi legami (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2022-03-14)  CPDL #68400:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-03-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 82 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2014-03-09)  CPDL #31474:       

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-03-09).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 162 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2011-02-26)  CPDL #23193:        (MuP)

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2011-02-26).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 63 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Dolcissimi legami
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Claudio Monteverdi), no. 4
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Original text and translations

Italian text Dolcissimi legami di parole amorose che mi legò da scherzo e non mi scioglie. Così egli dunque scherza e così coglie? Così l’alme legate sono ne le catene insidïose? Almen chi sì m’allaccia, mi leghi ancor fra quelle dolci braccia.

English translation Sweetest bonds of loving words in which he joined me for fun, and does not release me from. Is this how he plays, and how he captures? Is this how souls are bound by deceitful chains? If only he who binds me so would have me bound again by those sweet arms. Translation by Campelli

French translation Doux liens d'amoureuses paroles dans lesquels il m'a liée pour s'amuser, et dont il ne me lâche. C'est donc ainsi qu'il s'amuse et capture sa proie? C'est ainsi que les âmes sont piégées et enchaînées? Si, au moins, celui qui m'attache m'enlaçait encore entre ces doux bras. Translation by Campelli

German translation Süße Bande aus Liebesworten, der mich im Spaße band und nicht mehr freiließ, so spaßt er also und so bindet er? So sind die Seelen in heimtückischen Ketten gefangen; wenn doch wenigstens der, der mich fesselt, mich einst in die geliebten Arme schlösse!