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Cor mio, non mori? E mori!

Fourth Book of Madrigals · No. 3

Claudio Monteverdi · 1603 · D minor · 61 bars · 110 chords analysed

The Fourth Book (1603) opens with “Ah, dolente partita”, a lovers' farewell from Guarini's play Il pastor fido. Monteverdi sets the text so closely that sighs, pauses and sharp dissonances follow the meaning of each line.

Keys visited: D minor, G major, C major, A minor, G minor.