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Che non t'ami, cor mio
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Che non t'ami, cor mio by Sigismondo d'India — Lyrics
Che non t'ami, cor mio,
Ch'io non sia la tua vita e tu la mia,
Che per nuovo desio
E per nuova speranza i' t'abbandoni:
Prima che questo sia, Morte non mi perdoni,
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About Che non t'ami, cor mio
Sigismondo d'India was a leading Italian composer of the early Baroque madrigal. This secular Italian setting for SSATB voices explores the intense devotion between two lovers. The text asks a rhetorical question: how can my heart not love you, how can I not be your life and you mine? It expresses the singer's absolute commitment, willing death to strike rather than abandon their beloved for any new desire or hope. The music would have been composed for private performance and reflects the heightened emotional language characteristic of the period's madrigal tradition.
