Product Description
Monteverdi - The Fourth Book of Madrigals 1603
In this book, Monteverdi
continues to develop the techniques and writing practices that would eventually
form the first opera and his "Stile Nuovo". The polyphony becomes more complex
and more tonal and the interdependence of the parts more striking. He is
experimenting with more dissonance but also moves towards more tonal writing.
Although a far cry from the "I IV V and minor" of the modern pop song, he is nonetheless
helping to push forward a more diatonic type of harmony with a more dramatic
tonal and harmonic structure that goes much more towards true word painting
than his previous books.
All 20 madrigals are here:
1. Ah! Dolente Partita Oh, Sweet Parting!
2. Cor Mio Mentre Vi Miro
My Heart as I dream I turn into you.
3. Cor Mio Non Mori? E Mori My heart did
not die? And it died
4. Sfogava con le stelle
He dallied with the stars
5. Volgea l' anima mia
Volgea my soul, so dear and sweetly shining
6. Anima mia perdona My soul forgives
7. Che se tu se ' il cor
mio That if you are as good as my heart
8. Luci Serene e Chiare Lights, serene and clear
9. La piaga c'ho nel core
The plague is in the heart
10. Voi pur da me partite
You do not mind me, though
11. A un Giro Sol de'
Begl' Occhi At one glance of good eyes
12. Ohime se Tanto Amate Alas! If you
like it too much
13. Io Mi Son Giovinetta Im a young girl,
laughing and singing
14. Quel Augellin Che
Canta That little bird that sings
15. Non Più Guerra
Pietate No more fighting, pray, my beautiful eyes
16. Si Ch'io Vorrei Morire How I want to die
17. Anima Dolorosa Suffering
soul that lives so much pain and torment
18. Anima Del Cor Mio My
souls heart
19. Longe da Te Cor Mio
Stay away from me
20. Piagne e Sospira He
drinks and sighs
Parts are supplied to suit flexible brass or wind (or both) quintets as follows:
Flexible quintet parts are supplied as follows:
Part 1 in Bb,
Part 2 in Bb,
Part 3 in Bb/Eb/F,
Part 4 in Bb/Eb/C(Bass clef) and
Part 5 in Bb/Eb/C(Bass clef)
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