Sapete amanti perche ignudo sia (Luca Marenzio)

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(Posted 2023-01-04) CPDL #72159:

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-01-04). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 75 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th.

(Posted 2023-01-04) CPDL #72158: [LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-01-04). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 73 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Original high clefs.

(Posted 2020-01-09) CPDL #56585:

Editor: Mark Rose (submitted 2020-01-09). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 535 kB Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1594 edition on IMSLP. MP3 file is synthesized, not a recording. A more knowledgeable editor may find places where musica ficta may be appropriate. (The editor tried out some places and didn't like the result.)

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Title: Sapete amanti perche ignudo sia
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Valerio Marcellini^{create page}

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 18
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Facsimile of the 1594 edition at IMSLP

Original text and translations

Italian text

Sapete amanti perché ignudo sia,
perché fanciullo, e perché cieco Amore?
perché mentre l'angelica armonia
della mia bella Donna intento udia,
per gran dolcezza uscito di se fuore:
perdé la veste, il senno, gli occhi e'l core.

English translation

Lovers: Do you know why Cupid would be nude,
why he is a youth and why he is blind?
Because while he raptly listened to the
angelic harmony of my lovely lady,
from its very sweetness he went crazy:
He lost his garb, his wits, his eyes and his heart.

Translation by Allen Garvin

Sapete amanti perche ignudo sia (Luca Marenzio)

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