Sento squarciar del vecchio tempio il velo (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2023-01-08)  CPDL #72187:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-01-08).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 91 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th

• (Posted 2023-01-08)  CPDL #72186:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-01-08).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 91 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Original high clefs

General Information

Title: Sento squarciar del vecchio tempio il velo
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Beccuti
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SAATT or STTTB
Genre: Sacred, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Libro primo de madrigali spirituali (Luca Marenzio), no. 7
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Original text and translations

Italian text Sento squarciar del vecchio tempio il velo e'l mio si sta dinanzi agli occhi avvolto: trema la terra e fassi oscuro il cielo; io non muto 'l pensier né cangio il volto; spezzansi i sassi, ed io son freddo gelo; sorgono i morti, i' giaccio ancor sepolto: ma tu, cagion di sì gran cose, dammi ch'io risorga, apra gli occhi e'l cor infiammi.

English translation I hear the veil of the old temple tear and mine is still bound, wrapped over my eyes; the earth trembles and the sky grows dark; I do not change my thinking or revise my countenance; the stones shatter and I am cold as ice; the dead rise, and I lie, still interred: but you, the cause of such great things, give me that I may rise; open my eyes and inflame my heart. Translation by Allen Garvin