Amor se vòi che torni al giogo antico
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Amor se vòi che torni al giogo antico by Sebastiano Festa — Lyrics
About Amor se vòi che torni al giogo antico
In this Italian secular madrigal, Festa’s SAAB setting expresses the lover’s plea to Cupid. The poet asks the god of love to prove his power by returning him to the yoke of his former love. He laments that his beloved treasure is hidden from him, and his heart, once the dwelling place of his life, is now empty. He implores Cupid to reclaim from Death what has been taken, and to restore the light and flame that guided him, now extinguished. The music would have reflected the emotional arc of this dramatic text, characteristic of Renaissance part-music.