S'andasse amor a caccia
by Claudio Monteverdi
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SSATB choir a cappella (SSATB choir)

SKU: AN.AMP-0491

Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Edited by Joan Catoni Conlon. Octavo. Alliance Music Publications #AMP 0491. Published by Alliance Music Publications (AN.AMP-0491).

Monteverdi/Conlon.

INTERPRETATION


This is a very lively madrigal about romantic love. The poet used many terms of endearment for the dog, terms that surely had a double meaning, and actually were directed at the woman the poet loved or at any beautiful woman for whom the poet yearned.


Grechino actually was a real dog, in fact, a very famous dog, for he belonged to the Duchess Margherita d'Este Gonzaga - the poet's aristocratic patron in Mantua, Italy.


Since these madrigals were sung for entertainment of the listener, the tempo can be quick and the word painting exaggerated.