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Madonna per voi ardo, by Philippe Verdelot (c​.​1480​-​1530)

from Singles by Mignarda

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Verdelot's setting of the anonymous text, Madonna per voi ardo ("My lady, I burn with love for you"), is found the 1536 Intavolatura de li madrigali di Verdelotto for solo voice and lute. The madrigal also exists in a slightly variant setting for four voices in a collection of part-books that was presumably given to the English King Henry VIII as a gift from the city-state of Florence (H. Colin Slim, A Gift of Madrigals and Motets).

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Madonna, per voi ardo
Et voi non me credete
Perche non pia quanto bella sete
Ogn’hora miro e guardo
Se tanta crudeltà cangiar volete.
Donna, non v’accorgete
Che per voi moro e ardo?
Et per mirar vostra beltà infinita
Et voi sola servir bramo la vita.

My lady, I burn with love for you
And you do not believe it,
For you are not as kind as you are beautiful.
I look at you and admire you constantly.
If you wish to change this great cruelty,
Lady, are you unaware
That for you I die and burn?
And in order to admire your infinite beauty
And to serve you alone, I desire life.

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from Singles, track released May 17, 2013

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Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more

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