Madonna, sua mercé, pur una sera (Luca Marenzio)

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  • (Posted 2019-06-01)  CPDL #54438:       
Editor: Marcos Mato (submitted 2019-06-01).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Edited from the 1592 edition.
  • (Posted 2013-01-17)  CPDL #27859:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2012-12-22).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 442 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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General Information

Title: Madonna, sua mercé, pur una sera
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Jacopo Sannazaro

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1585 in Madrigali a quattro voci, libro primo, no. 13
    2nd published: 1590 in The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (Thomas Watson) – English contrafact, no. 5
    3rd published: 1597 in Il vago alboreto (Pierre Phalèse), no. 22
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Madonna, sua mercè, pur una sera
Gioiosa e bella assai m'apparve in sonno
Et rallegrò il mio cor si com'il sòle
Suol dopo pioggia disgombrar la terra,
Dicendo a me, vien cogli a le mie piagge
Qualche fioretto e lascia gl'antri foschi.