O com'è gran martire (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• (Posted 2014-12-28)  CPDL #33908:     

Editor: Christos Christodoulou (submitted 2014-12-28).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2013-12-27)  CPDL #30848: 

Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2013-12-27).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 55 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SAATB realization.

• (Posted 2013-12-23)  CPDL #30829:     

Editor: Christopher Boveroux (submitted 2013-12-23).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 514 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: SATTB realization.

General Information

Title: O com’è gran martire
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1594 in Madrigali a 5 voci, libro secondo, no. 10
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Original text and translations

Italian text O come è gran martire a celar suo desire quando con pura fede s’ama chi non se’l crede.

English translation O what great martyrdom it is to conceal your desire when, with pure faith, you love someone who does not believe you. Translation by Campelli

French translation Ô, qu'il est un grand martyre devoir cacher son désir lorsqu'avec pure foi on aime quelqu'un qui n'y croit pas. Translation by Campelli