Ancide sol la morte (Carlo Gesualdo)

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• CPDL #05361: 

Editor: Vincent Carpentier (submitted 2003-07-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 380 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: revised May 28, 2004.

General Information

Title: Ancide sol la morte
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 5vv  Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Il Sesto Libro di Madrigali - 1613

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• Facsimile: Partitvra delli sei libri de’ Madrigali a cinqve voci — Madrigals Books I – VI (Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1613) – large download, 70 MB, 492pp

Original text and translations

Italian text

Ancide sol la morte
E tu, mio core, che la vita sei,
Uccider non mi puoi
Col dolce colpo
De’ begli occhi tuoi.
Io, morendo per te, lieto morrei
Se ferita mortale
Uscir potesse
Da beltà vitale.