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Chi non sa, che sia doglia
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Chi non sa, che sia doglia by Ascanio Meo — Lyrics
Chi non sa, che sia doglia:
Segua quel crudo e perfido signore,
Ch'impiaga senza ferro il petto, e'l core:
Che ben potrà poi dire
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About Chi non sa, che sia doglia
Ascanio Meo’s SSATB madrigal, Chi non sa, che sia doglia, opens with a rich, imitative texture, the voices weaving together to explore the text’s theme of painful love. The composer captures the poignancy of Giovanni Maria Bonardo’s words, which speak of the cruel lover who wounds the heart without a sword. Meo’s music vividly portrays the “bitter pain” that, as the text laments, kills the singer. This is a powerful and expressive example of secular Italian part-music from the late Renaissance, demonstrating a sensitive musical setting of intense poetic feeling.
