O timida Lepretta (Ruggiero Giovannelli)

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  • (Posted 2020-05-30)  CPDL #58911:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-05-30).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 268 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: O timida Lepretta
Composer: Ruggiero Giovannelli
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1593 in Il secondo libro de Madrigali a cinque, no. 18
    2nd published: 1598 in Madrigals to five voices (ed. Thomas Morley) – English translation, no. 5
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

O timida Lepretta,
Che mentre fuggi per salvar la vita,
Giungi dove la morte è più gradita;
S'innanzi a sì begli occhi,
Là dove io prego che'l morir mi tocchi,
Il morir ti dispiace,
Non sai come riposo apporta e pace.

Torquato Tasso Rime 901 (A don Cesare d'Este, per una lepre)