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(Posted 2023-02-22) CPDL #72793:

Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2023-02-22). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 95 kB Copyright: Personal

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(Posted 2022-09-01) CPDL #70640: (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-09-01). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 60 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

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(Posted 2017-08-19) CPDL #45964:

Editor: Amelia LeClair (submitted 2017-08-19). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 60 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Please credit Amelia LeClair in your printed programs.

General Information

Title: Baciai per aver Vita
Composer: Vittoria Aleotti
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1593 in Ghirlanda de madrigali, no. 2
Description:

External websites:

Original text and translations

Italian text

Baciai per aver vita,
ch'ov'è bellezza è vita, ed ebbi morte;
ma morte sì gradita,
che più beata sorte
vivendo non avrei:
ne più bramar potrei.
Di sì soave bocca in un bel volto
baciando, il cor mi fu rapito e tolto.

English translation

I kissed to have life,
for where there is beauty is life, yet I found death;
but a death so welcomed
that a more blessed fate
I could not have, living:
nor could I desire more
from so sweet a mouth, on such a lovely face:
kissing, my heart was captivated and stolen away.

Translation by Allen Garvin

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 ==Original text and translations==
+{{top}}
 {{Text|Italian|
 Baciai per aver vita,
-Ch’ov’è bellezza è vita,
+ch'ov'è bellezza è vita, ed ebbi morte;
-ed ebbi morte:
+ma morte sì gradita,
-Ma morte sì gradita,
+che più beata sorte
-Che più bramata sorte
+vivendo non avrei:
-Vivendo non avrei:
+ne più bramar potrei.
-Nè più bramar potrei
+Di sì soave bocca in un bel volto
-Da sì soave bocca in un bel volto.
+baciando, il cor mi fu rapito e tolto.}}
-Baciando, il cor mi fu rapito,
+{{mdl}}
-e tolto.}}
+{{translation|English|I kissed to have life,
+for where there is beauty is life, yet I found death;
+but a death so welcomed
+that a more blessed fate
+I could not have, living:
+nor could I desire more
+from so sweet a mouth, on such a lovely face:
+kissing, my heart was captivated and stolen away.}}
+{{translator|Allen Garvin}}
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