BAROQUE
1600-1750
Cristina Montins Ortiz
Federico Escribano Huertas
Tu sé morta, sé morta, mia vita,
ed io respiro; tu sé da me partita,
sé da me partita per mai più,
mai più non tornare, ed io rimango--
no, no, che se i versi alcuna cosa ponno,
n'andrò sicuro a' più profondi abissi,
e, intenerito il cor del re de l'ombre,
mecco trarrotti a riveder le stelle,
o se ciò negherammi empio destino, rimarrò teco in compagnia di morte.
Addio terra, addio cielo, e sole, addio.
You are dead, dead, my life,
And I breathe; you have left me,
You have left me forevermore,
Never to return, and I remain--
No, no, if my verses have any power,
I will go confidently to the deepest abysses,
And, having melted the heart of the king of shadows,
Will bring you back to me to see the stars again,
Or, if pitiless fate denies me this, I will remain with you in the company of death.
Farewell earth, farewell sky, and sun, farewell.
a.What voice performs the character of Orpheus?
b. What instruments can you distinguish?
c. What's the name used for new composition technique?
Italian composer that marked the transition from the Renaissance( polyphonic style) to the Baroque (accompanied monody).
Creator of opera.
The opera 'L'Orfeo, favola in musica' was a request of the Duke of Mantua.
Monteverdi, with the writer A.Striggio,used the same plot as his predecessor: the myth of Orpheus, symbol of the power of music.