Quella damma son io, SWV 11 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2021-06-15)  CPDL #64779:         

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2021-06-15).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 154 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 #45912:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-08-15).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 95 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Spitta edition on IMSLP. Time signature changed to 2/2. Revised files uploaded 16/06/21.

• (Posted 2011-10-26)  CPDL #24807:        (MuP)

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2011-10-26).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Quella damma son io, SWV 11
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1611 in Il primo libro de madrigali, no. 11
    2nd published: 1890 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 9, no. 11
    3rd published: 1962 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 22, no. 11
Description: Dorinda's speach from Il Pastor fido II, iii

Original text and translations

Italian text

Quella damma son io,
crudelissimo Silvio,
che senza esser attesa
son da te vinta e presa,
viva se tu m'accogli,
morta se mi ti togli.