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Che poi che'l sol co i raggi
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Che poi che'l sol co i raggi by Michel' Angelo Cancineo — Lyrics
Era ne la stagion che Febo il cielo,
Col Tauro gira e'l prim'allegro tempo,
Par ch'altr'invite à l'amoroso foco,
Quando vidi passar leggiadra Donna,
Che dolce aperse e mi distrinse il core,
Onde poscia son visso in piant'e'n doglia.
All'hor ben ch'io sentissi interna doglia,
Pur dissi meco al variar del cielo,
Pietosa addolcirà madonn'il core,
O cangierò voler di temp'in tempo,
Ma lasso non s'è mai l'altera Donna,
Placata ne scemato il mio gran foco.
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About Che poi che'l sol co i raggi
In the season when the sun moves through Taurus, a time of gentle warmth, the choir evokes a scene of love at first sight. The tenor voice introduces the narrator's encounter with a beautiful lady whose gaze both captivates and pains him. The Italian text expresses the ensuing sorrow and the vain hope that her heart might soften. This secular madrigal, set for SATB voices, explores the pangs of unrequited love and the escalating passion, comparing the lover's internal heat to the summer sun. It is a poignant depiction of desire and despair from the Italian Renaissance.
