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che meglio da l’intaglio si difende , | che meglio da l’intaglio si difende, | ||
romper si può; ma non ch’altra figura | romper si può; ma non ch’altra figura | ||
prenda, che quella ch’una volta prende. | prenda, che quella ch’una volta prende. | ||
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Beneath the chisel's trenchant edge to flake: | Beneath the chisel's trenchant edge to flake: | ||
Love this may wholly splinter, ere he may | Love this may wholly splinter, ere he may | ||
Another's beauty in its core enlay.}} | |||
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-11). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 102 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.
General Information
Title: Avorio e gemma ed ogni pietra dura
Composer: Giaches de Wert
'Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto Orlando furioso, canto XLIV ottava 66
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1571 in Il quinto libro de madrigali à 5 (Gardano press, Venice)
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Original text and translations
Italian text Avorio e gemma et ogni pietra dura |
English translation Ivory, gem, and every hard-grained stone
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