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Added Jul 29, 2026
Format: Staff
Language: Italian
Pages: 3 pages
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Dimmi caprar novello by Ruggiero Giovannelli — Lyrics

1. Dimmi, caprar novello, e non t'irascere, Questa tua greggia, ch'è cotanto strania, Chi te la diè sì follemente a pascere? Dimmi, bifolco antico, e quale insania Ti risospinse a spezzar l'arco a Clonico, Ponendo fra' pastor tanta zizzania? Forse fu allor, ch'io vidi malinconico Selvaggio andar per la sampogna, e i naccari, Che gl'involasti tu, perverso erronico. 2. Ma con Uranio a te non valser baccari, Che mala lingua non t'avesse a ledere: Furasti il capro, ei tì conobbe ai zaccari. Anzi gliel vinsi, ed ei nol volea cedere Al cantar mio, schernendo il buon giudicio D'Ergasto, che mi ornò di mirti, e d'edere. Cantando tu'l vincesti? or con Galicio Non udì io già la tua sampogna stridere, Come agnel ch'è menato al sacrificio? 3. Cantiamo a prova, e lascia a parte il ridere; Pon quella lira tua fatta di giuggiola; Montan potrà nostre question decidere. Pon quella vacca, che sovente muggiola.
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About Dimmi caprar novello

This secular Italian madrigal for SATB voices presents a playful, pastoral dispute. The singer questions a shepherd, "new shepherd," about his strange flock, asking who foolishly entrusted it to him. The shepherd, in turn, is accused of breaking Apollo's bow and sowing discord among the shepherds. The text continues with a dialogue where the singer seems to boast of his own musical prowess, having out-sung a rival shepherd, Galicio, even though the latter had previously defeated the singer's opponent with his own pipes. The music likely reflects the witty and light-hearted, yet sometimes competitive, nature of the lyrical exchange, characteristic of Renaissance part-music.