Gavin Bryars: Third Book Of Madrigals

Sonstige (Noten)

1. 1 1. Laura being dead, Petrarch finds trouble in all the things of the earth
2. 2 2. He asks his heart to raise itself up to God
3. 3 3. He wishes he might die and follow Laura
4. 4 4. Laura is ever present to him
5. 5 5. He considers that he should set little store on earthly beauty
6. 6 6. He recalls his visions of her
7. 7 7. He finds comfort and rest in his sorrows
8. 8 8. He ceases to speak of her graces and her virtues which are no more
9. 9 9. He considers the reasons for his verses
10. 10 10. He is jealous of the heaven's and the earth
11. 11 11. The fine time of the year increases Petrarch's sorrow
12. 12 12. He understands the great cruelty of death
13. 13 13. The sight of Laura's house reminds him of the great happiness he has lost
14. 14 14. He sends his rhymes to the tomb of Laura to pray her to call him to her
15. 15 15. Only he who mourns her and Heaven that possesses her knew her while she lived
16. 16 16. Petrarch is unable to contain his grief
17. 17 17. Laura waits for him in heaven