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Far potess'io vendetta di colei
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Far potess'io vendetta di colei by Giaches de Wert — Lyrics
Far potess'io vendetta di colei
Che guardando e parlando mi distrugge,
E per piu doglia poi s'asconde e fugge,
Celando gli occhi a me si dolci e rei.
Cosí li afflicti et stamchi spirti mei
A poco a poco consumando sugge,
E'n sul cor quasi fiero leon rugge
La notte allor quand'io posar devrei.
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About Far potess'io vendetta di colei
Giaches de Wert's madrigal Far potess'io vendetta di colei sets a sonnet by Francesco Petrarca, the Canzoniere 256. This secular Italian piece for SATTB voices explores a lover's anguish, his inability to gain vengeance on the woman who destroys him with her gaze and words. The text describes his suffering as she hides her eyes, his spirits being consumed, and his soul departing him. He wonders if his pleas, tears, and embraces ever reach her, or if his sleeping tormentor ever truly listens. Wert's setting captures the intense emotional turmoil and poetic imagery of this classic Petrarchan theme, characteristic of the sophisticated secular part-music of the Renaissance.
