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Chi no'l sa di ch'io vivo e vissi sempre
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATTB · Willem Verkaik
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Chi no'l sa di ch'io vivo e vissi sempre by Orlando di Lasso — Lyrics
Chi nol sa di chi vivo, e vissi sempre,
dal di che prima que belli occhi vidi,
che mi fecer cangiar vita e costume?
Per cercar terra e mar da tutti i lidi,
chi puo saper tutte l'humane tempre?
L'un vive, ecco, d'odor, là sul gran fiume;
io qui di foco e lume
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About Chi no'l sa di ch'io vivo e vissi sempre
Orlando di Lasso's SATTB madrigal Chi no'l sa di ch'io vivo e vissi sempre, setting a sonnet by Petrarch, is secular part-music for mixed voices. It would suit a concert programme, perhaps for a programme of Renaissance secular music. The text, which can be understood as a reflection on the power of love, speaks of how the eyes of the beloved have changed the singer's life and customs. He contrasts the varied lives of others with his own consuming passion, and implores Love, whose arrows and bow are ready, not to be so sparing, for a beautiful death honours a whole life.
