Mi saluta costei, SWV 12 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2021-06-20)  CPDL #64834: 

• Original pitch:        

• Transposed down a major 2^nd:    

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2021-06-20).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 165 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print, Mensurstrich layout, original key signature and note values, clefs modernized, musica ficta clearly marked..

• (Posted 2017-08-15)  CPDL #45914:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-08-15).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 149 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the Spitta edition on IMSLP. Time signature changed to 2/2. Revised files uploaded 21/06/21

• (Posted 2011-10-29)  CPDL #24822:        (MuP)

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2011-10-29).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Minor errors See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: Mi saluta costei, SWV 12

Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Giambattista Marino

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1611 in Il primo libro de madrigali, no. 12
    2nd published: 1890 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 9, no. 12
    3rd published: 1962 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 22, no. 12
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Mi saluta costei,
ma nel soave inchino
nasconde agli occhi miei,
gli occhi leggiadri
e bel volto divino
O pietosa in aspetto
e crudele in effetto,
avara hor che farete,
s'usando cortesia,
scarsa mi siete?