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Giunto è pur Lidia il mio
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Giunto è pur Lidia il mio by Pomponio Nenna — Lyrics
Giunto è pur, Lidia, il mio,
non so se deggia dire:
o partire o morire,
lasso dirò ben io,
che la mort’ è la partita,
poi che’n lasciando te
lascio la vita.
Ecco l’hora, ecco ch’io
A pen il posso dire
Son costretto a partire,
dammi Lidia, cor mio
L’ultimo bacio omai
L’ultimo adio
Così dico in partendo
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About Giunto è pur Lidia il mio
Imagine a composer of the late Renaissance, perhaps in the employ of a noble household, reflecting on the pangs of departure. Pomponio Nenna's Giunto è pur Lidia il mio is a five-part madrigal for SSATB, setting a poignant Italian text that speaks of the agonizing choice between leaving and dying. The speaker contemplates the pain of separation, viewing departure as a kind of death, since leaving his beloved Lidia means leaving life itself. He implores for a final kiss and farewell, then describes a heart-wrenching scene of mutual tears and parting, yet he leaves his heart behind with Lidia, forever bound to her. This is secular part-music, full of the expressive detail characteristic of the genre.
