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Aura che mormorando
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Aura che mormorando by Maddalena Casulana — Lyrics
Aura che mormorando al bosco intorno
tempri la fiamma de l'ardente sole,
volati, prego, or che sul mezzo giorno
te sola attend'e dorm'il mio bel sole,
e vaga nel suo morbido soggiorno
te assidi e cigni di rose e viole
il biondo crine e d'un sì nobil velo
che non l'offenda mai caldo né gelo.
Così non senti mai novo furore
del freddo borea combattendo il verno,
né con turbato ciel turbato umore
discenda not'a darti affanno interno
e 'l vivo del tuo caro ardito ardore
sia teco e nel tuo amante sempiterno,
né gelosia lo spenga o nova fiamma
lo scemi o lo consumi a dramm'a dramma.
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About Aura che mormorando
Maddalena Casulana's Aura che mormorando unfolds as a sensitive setting of a Petrarchan sonnet. The composer, a pioneering female madrigalist, crafts a rich SATTB texture to explore the poem's imagery. The music reflects the gentle breeze ('aura che mormorando') that the poet asks to protect the beloved from the sun's heat and the cold north wind. The Italian text speaks of the singer's desire for the beloved to rest undisturbed, shaded by flowers and foliage, and protected from any emotional turmoil. Casulana's masterful interplay of voices evokes both the natural world and the intimate emotions of love and protection, creating a deeply expressive secular work characteristic of the late Renaissance madrigal.
