Credete voi ch'i' viva (Luca Marenzio)

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CPDL #18770: 

Editors: Phillip Grow and R. Satterthwaite (submitted 2009-01-14).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 27 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Credete voi ch'i' viva
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612)

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1599

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Italian text

Credete voi ch'i' viva
Pascendo il cor famelico e penoso
Del pensiero amoroso?

Ahi, ch'i' ne moro.
Perché vita e ristoro
Ben ho pensando, anima cara, in voi.

Ma quando penso poi ch'i' ne son privo,
Moro del cibo onde mi pasco e vivo.

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