E con Aminta vai

This Italian madrigal for SATTB voices paints a scene of romantic betrayal and unrequited love. The text describes Thirsi leaving his shepherdess Aminta for others, only to be scorned by them in turn. He accuses them of being fickle, even as they profess to adore him. The narrator, having witnessed this perfidy, declares their own departure, bidding farewell to Clori, Filli, and Daphne, whom they found to be insincere in love. The music likely reflects the dramatic shifts and emotional turmoil of the text, characteristic of the secular madrigal tradition of the Renaissance.