Udite lagrimosi spirti (Giaches de Wert)
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- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2017-06-30). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 312 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed up one note from E-phrygian. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Udite lagrimosi spirti
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Udite, lagrimosi
Spirti d'Averno, udite
Nova sorte di pena e di tormento;
Mirate crudo affetto
In sembiante pietoso:
La mia donna, crudel piú del' inferno,
Perch'una sola morte
Non può far satia la sua ingorda voglia
E la mia vita è quasi
Una perpetua morte,
Mi comanda ch'i' viva
Perché la vita mia,
Di mille morti il dí ricetto sia.