Come la notte (Cipriano de Rore)

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• (Posted 2018-11-15)  CPDL #52036:   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-15).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2018-06-05)  CPDL #50005:       

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-06-05).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1557 print. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note values. The Alto is notated in C, whereas the other 4 voices in F. The two Alto voices (Alto and Quinto) are in tenor clef.

General Information

Title: Come la notte
Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1557 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 6

Description: The Alto and the Soprano sing a canon in the fourth. So the Alto is notated in C, the Soprano in F.

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Original text and translations

Italian text

Come la notte ogni fiammella è viva
E riman spenta subito ch'aggiorna
Così quando il mio sol di se mi priva
Mi leva incontra il rio timor le corna.

Ma non sì tosto a l'orizzonte arriva
Che il timor fugge e la speranza torna.

Deh torna a me, deh torna o caro lume
E scaccia il rio timor che mi consume.