Dica chi vuol allegro viver voglio (Giaches de Wert)

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  • (Posted 2019-01-26)  CPDL #53012:       
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2019-01-26).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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General Information

Title: Dica chi vuol allegro viver voglio
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1589 in Il primo libro delle canzonette villanelle, no. 5
Description: 

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Dica chi vuol, allegro viver voglio:
Sempre cantar, danzar, star' festeggiando,
In gioc'e'n riso con amor trescando.

English.png English translation

Whoever may say what the wish, I want to live cheerfully:
always singing, dancing, to be celebrating,
flirting with love in play and in laughter.
 

Translation by Allen Garvin