Felice chi vi mira - Ben hebbe amica stella (Sigismondo d'India)

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• CPDL #18800:     

Editor: Adam Steele (submitted 2008-10-06).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 98 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This arrangement was based on John Steele and Suzanne Court's 1997 edition, as well as the performance edition used by La Venexiana.

General Information

Title: Felice chi vi mira; Ben hebbe amica stella
Composer: Sigismondo d'India
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: This is a paired madrigal. La Venexiana has recorded d'India's first book of madrigals on their album Sigismondo d'India: Libro Primo de Madrigali

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Original text and translations

Italian text Felice chi vi mira, Ma più felice chi per voi sospira; Felicissimo poi Chi sospirando fa sospirar voi. Ben hebbe amica stella Chi per donna sì bella Puù far content'in un L'occhi e 'l desio E sicuro può dir: "Quel cor è mio".

English translation Happy is he who looks upon you, happier he who sighs for you; but happiest of all is he who, by sighing, makes you sigh. A friendly star must have looked kindly upon him who, thanks to such a beautiful lady, can at the same time satisfy both the eye and his desire and can say without fear of contradiction: 'That heart belongs to me.' Translation by Mick Swithinbank