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Chi potrà dir giamai
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Chi potrà dir giamai by Andrea Rota — Lyrics
Chi potrà dir giamai
A qual gaudio,
A qual pace il ciel prepara
l'Amante e Amata cara?
O valore ò bellezza senza essempio.
O di virtude tempio,
Ecco Amor santo, e Venere celeste
Con le tre gratie insieme,
Ecco le stelle rilucente e deste,
A versar sopra voi gioia e diletto.
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About Chi potrà dir giamai
Andrea Rota’s Chi potrà dir giamai is a secular madrigal for SSATB voices in Italian. The music opens with a sense of rich texture and close interplay, setting the scene for the poem’s celebration of love and anticipated domestic joy. The text speaks of the profound happiness and peace that heaven prepares for a beloved lover and his cherished beloved, praising their unmatched value and beauty as a temple of virtue. It conjures images of divine love and Venus with the Graces, alongside radiant stars bestowing delight. The poem continues to laud the 'happy bed' promising offspring so exceptional they will outshine the sun, ultimately returning to the rhetorical question of the immense joy and peace heaven holds for this couple.
