Chiamo la morte (Teodoro Riccio)

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  • (Posted 2025-08-21)  CPDL #86490:         
Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2025-08-21).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 77 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Chiamo la morte
Composer: Teodoro Riccio
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularCanzone

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1577 Libro primo delle canzone alla Napolitana (Teodoro Riccio), no. 3
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Chiamo la mort’, haimè,
che me ne levi,
per questa ingrata che mi stratia tanto,
o bell’avanto,
o bell’honore,
a dar la mort’a chi t’ha dato il core.

German.png German translation

Ich wünsche den Tod, ach,
dass er mich hinwegnehme,
durch die Undankbare,die mich so sehr quält,
oh welcher Vorzug,
oh welche Ehre
den Tod zu geben demjenigen, der dir sein Herz gab.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt
English.png English translation

I ask for death, alas,
that it may take me away,
by the ingrate that tortures me so much,
oh what advantage,
oh what honour,
to give death to him that gave his heart to you.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt