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L'alba cinto
Staff Notation • Secular, Lute songs
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L'alba cinto by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger — Lyrics
L'alba cinta di fiori,
suo ciel un di' lascio,
ei non fallaci Amori,
pieto n'insegno.
Pomposa di se
Fernando il bel pie,
d'uman'oggetto miro beltà
che via sen va.
Da sue luce dimine,
non vitte in terra più,
verso rugiad'e brine.
Volt'i begl'occh'in giù.
E'l giel che frillo,
l'erbette in fiammo,
e su le frondi
ch'in umidi rosa fiori.
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About L'alba cinto
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger was a prominent composer and lutenist of the early Baroque period. This Italian secular song, L'alba cinto, is written for two sopranos. The text paints a vivid picture of dawn breaking, with flowers adorning the sky and the sun (Phoebus) drying the tears of the morning. It speaks of love and fleeting beauty, with the sun acknowledging the sorrow of a transient object. The song reflects on the ephemeral nature of beauty and the passage of time, suggesting that true beauty, where death and age have no power, is beyond earthly experience.
