Dovrò dunque morire (Pomponio Nenna)

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• (Posted 2023-02-05)  CPDL #72525:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2023-02-05).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 326 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Dovrò dunque morire
Composer: Pomponio Nenna
Lyricist: Ottavio Rinuccini
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1609 in Il quarto libro de madrigali, 5vv (Pomponio Nenna), no. 18
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Original text and translations

Italian text Dovrò dunque morire, Pria che di nuovo io miri, Voi bramata cagion de miei martiri? Mio perduto tesoro, Non potrò dirvi, pria ch'io mora: "Io moro?" O miseria inaudita, Non poter dir a voi: "Moro, mia vita!". Possibly by Ottavio Rinuccini, but the author is unidentified.

English translation Must I die, then before I see you again, O sweet source of my martyrdom? O my lost treasure, can I not say to you before I die, "I die"? O unheard-of grief! not be able to say to you, "I die, O my life!" Translation H. Wiley Hitchcock