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Filli, mirando il cielo
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Filli, mirando il cielo by Pomponio Nenna — Lyrics
Filli, mirando il cielo.
Dicea dogliosa, e intanto,
Empia di calde perle un bianco velo:
Io mi consum' in pianto,
D'amor languisco, e moro,
Ne ritrovo pietate, o ciel, o stelle!
Io son pur giovinetta e'l crin hò d'oro,
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About Filli, mirando il cielo
Pomponio Nenna's Filli, mirando il cielo is a rich SATTB madrigal for five voices, setting a poem by Ottavio Rinuccini. The music opens with a plaintive mood, as Filli looks to the sky and laments her unrequited love, weeping and dying for its sake. The vocal lines weave together to express her sorrow and despair, with the text describing her youth and beauty as she fears the torments of aging. The composer captures the dramatic intensity of the poem, contrasting moments of outward beauty with the inner suffering of the singer. This secular Italian part-music exemplifies the expressive power of the late Renaissance madrigal.
