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Non piu guerra, pietate

Fourth Book of Madrigals · No. 15

Claudio Monteverdi · 1603 · F major · 78 bars · 89 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: F major, C major, G minor.