Io son pur vezzosetta (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• CPDL #32364:     

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2014-06-30).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Basso Continuo:   Score information: A4, 1 page, 38 kB   

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• CPDL #19049:       

Editor: Björn Sothmann (submitted 2009-03-14).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 447 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported

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Title: Io son pur vezzosetta
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: Soprano duo

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo

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Original text and translations

Italian text Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella che le guance ho di rose e gelsomini, e questa fronte e questi aurati crini mi fanno altrui parer Driada novella. Di Flora non vi è qui nobil donzella o schiera di pomposi cittadini che, quando lor m’incontro e faccio inchini, il titol non mi dian de la più bella. E se il giorno di festa io vado al ballo, mi porta ogni pastor, perch’io l’inviti, specchi, fior, frutti o vezzi di corallo. E non saranno a te punto graditi, caro Lidio, i miei sguardi? E sempre in fallo ti pregherò, crudel, che tu m’aiti?

English translation It’s true I am a pretty shepherdess, with cheeks of roses and jasmine; my face encircled by golden tresses that they call me a modern Dryad. In all the city, there’s not one noble maiden nor any group of worthy gentlemen that when I meet them and make curtseys can refuse me, Flora, the title of the prettiest maiden. And if I go dancing on a holiday, every shepherd, to gain my favours, brings me mirrors, flowers, fruit or coral trinkets. But you, dear Lydio, do you not welcome my glances? And shall I forever in vain, cruel man, implore your aid?