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Six Madrigals     I.  II.  III.  IV.  V.  VI.
(total duration 12')
  V. Dolcissimi colori

for SATB Voices        duration 2½'

Publisher: Hinshaw

Recordings/Video

Composed for: Chanticleer
World Premiere: 1986, Herbst Theater, San Francisco

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The Woodley Ensemble,
Frank Albinder, Conductor
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Text and Translation:
 
 


Dolcissimi colori,
Voi vi mutate, ed io
Muto aspetto con voi, ma non desio.
Sempre vorrei mirarvi, e se fiorire
Un bel purpureo veggio,
E quel vago candor sempre io vagheggio;
E perchè vari segno al mio pensiero
È costante l'arciero.

                      
Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)


Sweetest colors,
You change yourselves, and I
Change with you, but I do not wish it.
I shall always aim to see the flowering
Of such a beautiful crimson,
And for such whiteness I shall ever yearn;
And although changing according to my thought,
The bowman is always the same.

                     (English translation by William Hawley)

 


 

 
 
 
Translation Copyright ©1986 William Hawley
All rights reserved.
 
     
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