Dolci alpestre parole (Giovanni Battista Mosto)

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  • (Posted 2019-12-26)  CPDL #56417:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2019-12-26).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 352 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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Error.gif Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: In # 56417 the title and text beginning is wrongly written as "Dolci al pestre parole".

General Information

Title: Dolci alpestre parole
Composer: Giovanni Battista Mosto
Lyricist:

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1583 in De floridi virtuosi d'Italia libro primo (ed. Angelo Barbato), Edition 1, no. 1
    2nd published: 1591 in Melodia Olympica (ed. Peter Philips), no. 17
    3rd published: 1598 in Madrigals to five voices (ed. Thomas Morley) – English translation, no. 2
    4th published: 1605 in Nervi d'Orfeo (ed. Jacopo Graswinkel), no. 30
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Dolci alpestre parole
Movea cantando semplicetta e bella,
Leggiadra pastorella,
E cogliendo talhor herbetta o fiore,
Di lor s'ornava il seno d'acerbi pomi e candide viole,
E puro latte pieno
Onde io temendo Amore
Di pensier casti mi forniva il core,
Quando ecco fuor un serpe uscir armando il fiato di veleno,
Ella gridando aita,
Mi fuggi in braccio ed io perdei la vita.