Ripon Madonna l'armi (Marco Antonio de Pordenon)

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• (Posted 2025-04-17)  CPDL #84524:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2025-04-17).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 261 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third to E-mixolydian.

General Information

Title: Ripon Madonna l'armi
Composer: Marco Antonio de Pordenon
Lyricist: Luigi Groto
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1580 in Il primo libro de madrigali a quattro voci, no. 1
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Ripon Madonna l'armi,
A che più saettarmi?
Dunque, crudel, s'offende
Chi più non si diffende?
Se spengi me, non me spengi,ma bene
Spengi la tua pietade, e le mie pene.

Luigi Groto, Delle Rime (1584) p. 43