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Deh perchè voglia
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Deh perchè voglia by Orlando di Lasso — Lyrics
Deh perché voglio anco di me dolermi?
Ch’error, se non d’amarti, unqua commessi?
Che maraviglia, se fragili e infermi
Feminil sensi fur subito oppressi?
Perché dovev’io usar ripari e schermi
Che la somma beltà non mi piacessi,
Gli alti sembianti e le sagge parole?
Misero è ben chi veder schiva il sole!
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About Deh perchè voglia
Orlando di Lasso’s Deh perchè voglia is a rich five-part madrigal for SSATB voices. The composer sets a lament from Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando Furioso, where the speaker questions why he should continue to suffer for love when his beloved is unmoved. The text expresses the speaker’s despair and bewilderment, asking why he is drawn to someone who flees from him and scorns his affections. Lasso’s music reflects this emotional turmoil, with expressive harmonies and a contrapuntal texture that allows each voice to convey the pathos of the words. The piece explores themes of unrequited love and the power of beauty, typical of the secular Italian madrigal tradition of the Renaissance.
