Fillida mia (Luca Marenzio)

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  • (Posted 2015-01-03)  CPDL #34100:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-03).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Fillida mia
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Jacopo Sannazaro

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 6
    2nd published: 1589 in Gemmae musicalis Liber Secundus, no. 37
    3rd published: 1606 in Hortus musicalis (ed. Michael Herrer) – sacred contrafact, Book 1, no. 27
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Fillida mia, più che i ligustri bianca,
Più vermiglia che’l prato a mezzo aprile,
Più fugace che cerva,
Ed a me più proterva
Ch’a Pan non fu colei che vinta e stanca
Divenne canna tremula e sottile,
Per guiderdon delle gravose some,
Deh spargi al vento le dorate chiome.