Press' una verde riva (Marcello Tosone)

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• (Posted 2023-08-22)  CPDL #74956:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-22).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th.

• (Posted 2023-08-22)  CPDL #74955:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-22).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Original high clefs. Note: the text misgenders Clori with "l'amato Clori". This has been corrected to "l'amata".

General Information

Title: Press' una verde riva
Composer: Marcello Tosone
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSAAB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in I lieti amanti libro primo (ed. Hippolito Zanluca) (Venice: Vincenzi e Amadino press), no. 9
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Press'una verde riva
io queste voci udia:
Deh! sarà ver, Licida,
che tu partendo uccida
l'amata Clori? e poi
un'altro rispondea: mio ben, addio,
serba la vita mia con gli anni tuoi;
In te se vivi tu, viv'ancor io.
Addio, riman felice,
l'altra soggionse: unica mia Fenice.