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Da que bei crin
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Da que bei crin by Gioseffo Guami — Lyrics
Da que bei crin; che tanto piu sempre amo,
Quanto maggior mio mal nasce da loro;
Sciolto era il nodo; che del bel tesoro
M'asconde quel, chio piu di mirar bramo.
E'l cor, che'en darno hor lasso a me richiamo,
Volo subitamente in quel dolce oro;
Et fe come augellin tra verda alloro,
Ch'a suo diletto va di ramo in ramo.
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About Da que bei crin
Gioseffo Guami's Da que bei crin is a five-part Italian madrigal for SATTB voices. The music opens with an immediate sense of longing, as the voices weave together to express the text's bittersweet sentiments. The composer captures the speaker's intense admiration for his beloved's hair, which paradoxically causes him increasing pain. He describes his heart being drawn to this 'sweet gold,' flying from branch to branch like a bird. The texture becomes more agitated as two beautiful hands gather the stray locks, trapping the speaker's heart. A cry escapes him, but fear stills his voice, and his heart is bound and taken, a powerful depiction of love's overwhelming and sometimes frightening power.
