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Giunto m'ha Amor fra belle
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Giunto m'ha Amor fra belle by Gioseffo Guami — Lyrics
Giunto m'ha Amor fra belle e crude braccia,
Che m'ancidono a torto: e s'io mi doglio,
Doppia il martir; onde pur, com'io soglio,
Il meglio è, ch'io mi mora amando, e taccia;
Che poria questa il Rhen, qualhor piu agghiaccia
Arder con gli occhi, e rompre ogni aspro scoglio,
Et ha si egual a le bellezze orgoglio,
Che di piacer altrui par che le spiaccia,
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About Giunto m'ha Amor fra belle
Giunto m'ha Amor fra belle is a secular Italian madrigal for SATTB voices, setting a Petrarchan sonnet. The text describes the lover caught between the beauty and cruelty of his beloved. He laments that her harshness doubles his suffering, leading him to believe that death in love is preferable to silence. Despite her diamond-hard heart and marble-like indifference, which seem to delight in his pain, he resolves that neither her disdain nor her dark moods can extinguish his hopes or his sighs. Guami's setting would have been composed for skilled singers in the late Renaissance, demanding refined control and expressive nuance to convey the text's intricate emotional landscape.
