Qual si puo haver (Giovanni Matteo Asola)
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- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2017-04-22). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 51 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Qual si puo haver
Composer: Giovanni Matteo Asola
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1587 in Madrigali a due voci, no. 23
2nd published: 1591 in Compendium musicae (ed. Adam Gumpelzhaimer), Edition 1, no. 104
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Qual si puo haver in terra,
rieca merce o thesoro,
si mile a quel ch'el sant' ardor disserra,
non è di gemm'o d'oro,
ma di vit' immortale,
di pace di ben tale
ch'el vecchi'empio nol fura,
ma ogn' hor si gode e'n infinito dura.