O Ricco mio thesoro (Giovanni Gabrieli)

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• (Posted 2023-08-07)  CPDL #74779:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2016-05-03)  CPDL #39527:          (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2016-05-03).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 305 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up one note from A-minor.

General Information

Title: O Ricco mio thesoro
Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
Lyricist:

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1583 in De floridi virtuosi d'Italia libro primo (ed. Angelo Barbato), Edition 1, no. 12
    2nd published: 1592 in Spoglia amorosa (Gardano), no. 24, p. 25
    3rd published: 1600 in De floridi virtuosi d'Italia (Pierre Phalèse), no. 44
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Italian text

O Ricco mio thesoro,
Tu vedi pur ch'io moro,
Per te.
Ne vuoi crudel darmi la vita,
Da me facendo l'ultima partita,
Deh se pur ciò ti lice,
Suelli da la radice,
Questo mio afflitto core,
Ch'a me farà il morire,
Per le tue mani un dolce aspro martire.