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Amor, s'al dardeggiar
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Amor, s'al dardeggiar by Alfonso Fontanelli — Lyrics
Amor, s'al dardeggiar di que' bei lumi,
Vuoi pur, ch'io mi consumi,
Deh fà ch'almen di gioia,
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About Amor, s'al dardeggiar
Alfonso Fontanelli was a leading composer of Italian madrigals in the late Renaissance. Amor, s'al dardeggiar di que' bei lumi is a secular work for SSATB choir, demonstrating the genre's sophisticated vocal writing. The Italian text expresses a lover's plea to the god of love. If love's darts are to cause his demise, he begs that his death be from joy rather than pain. He wishes for his suffering to be a sweet wound, a happy dying, transforming the conventional pain of unrequited love into a desire for ecstasy.
