Io tacerò (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• CPDL #01297:    Finale 2000 

Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-08-29).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Finale file is zipped.

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Minor text mistakes See the discussion page for full description.

• CPDL #07204: 

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2004-06-15).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 139 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Io tacerò
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Il Quatro Libro di Madrigali - 1596

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Italian text Io tacerò, ma nel silenzio mio La lagrime i sospiri diranno i miei martiri. Ma s’avverrà ch’io mora, Griderà poi per me la morte ancora. In van dunque, o crudele, vuoi che'l mio duol e'l tuo rigor si cele, poi che mia cruda sorte dà la voce al silenzio ed a la morte.

English translation I will keep quiet, yet in my silence my tears and sighs shall tell of my pain. And if I should die Death shall cry out for me once again. Thus in vain, oh cruel one, yearn you for my pain and your harshness to be hidden since my cruel fate gives voice to silence and to death.