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Filli mia s'al mio seno
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Filli mia s'al mio seno by Pomponio Nenna — Lyrics
Proposta
Filli mia s'al mio seno,
Nieghi scemar l'ardore,
Non mi negar almeno,
Amor in premio del mio saldo amore,
E s'amar me non brami,
Consenti almen che non amato io t'ami.
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About Filli mia s'al mio seno
Pomponio Nenna, a composer of the late Renaissance, wrote this secular Italian madrigal for SSATB voices. The text is a dialogue between two lovers. Filli addresses her beloved, asking him to quench the fire in her breast and grant her love as a reward for her constancy. She insists that even if he does not desire her love, he should at least permit her to love him unloved. Coridon replies, telling her to extinguish the fire in his own breast, for while love may reside in him, her heart holds only honest desire. He states that he neither wishes to be loved nor to love her in return for her constant affection.
