Quando mirai sa bella faccia d'oro (Marc'Antonio Mazzone)

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• (Posted 2025-05-24)  CPDL #85058:       

Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2025-05-24).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 56 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Editorial slurs and musica ficta added. All 4 verses are included.

• (Posted 2023-08-13)  CPDL #74830:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2023-08-13).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 97 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A practical edition.

• (Posted 2023-08-13)  CPDL #74829:     

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2023-08-13).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A diplomatic edition, Mensural notation, original clefs, key and note-values, Voices aligned in score.

General Information

Title: Quando mirai ssa bella
Composer: Marc'Antonio Mazzone
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1570 in Corona delle napolitane a tre et a quattro voci (Marc'Antonio Mazzone), no. 2
Description:  For the first line, there is a discrepancy between versions of the text, with this one originally using "ssa." Other composers opt for "sta," "la," and "sa."

Original text and translations

Italian text

Quando mirai sa bella faccia d'oro
  con s'occhi ladri mi rubast' il core,
  Dammi lo cor o ladra del mio core.

Rendilo presto hoi me se non ch'io moro
  Che non posso soffrir si gran dolore.

            Dammi lo core

Da te si causa l'aspro mio martoro
  Che sei ribella nel regno d'amore.

            Dammi lo core

Rendimi il core ò ladra del mio core
   Rendimi il core hoime che tu sai bene
   Che non si puo salvar chi l'altrui tiene.