AMOR DE MI ALMAStroope
SATB
AMOR DE MI ALMA(You Are The Love Of My Soul)
for SATB Chorus, unaccompaniedoptional Piano part included
Music byZ. RANDALL STROOPE
Text byGARCILASO de la VEGA
(1 s03-1 536)
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ABOUT THE WORK
Spanish author Garcilaso de la Vega (1503-1536) wrote the poem Amor de mi
il^o, which he simply called "soneto V". He is a vivid example of a
Renaissance man, skiliei in music, arms, letters and in the battles of love' His
poetic output is not large (only 38 sonnets and a few songs and odes), but its high
quuftty places him among the,finest of the Spanish Renaissance poets. He died at
age 33 &om wounds received in military combat.
Z. Randall Stroope set this poem of gfeat love to music, composing it so that itmay be performed with or without accompaniment, depending on the particular
needs of the enserrble and the acoustic circumstances'
AMORDE MI ALMA (You AretheLove ofMy Soul)
Yo no naci sino para quereros;
Mi alma os ha cortodo a su medida;
Por hdbito del alma misma os quiero.
Escrito estd en mi alma vuestro gesto;
Yo lo leo lan solo que dun de vos
me guardo en esto.
Quanto tengo conJiesso Yo deveros;
Por vos nact, Por vos tengo la vids,
Y por vos d de morir Y Por vos
muero.
I was born to love onlY You;My soul has formed you to its measure;
I want you as a garnent for mY soul.
Your very image is written on mY soul;
Such indescribable intimacYI hide even from you.
All that I have, I owe to you;For you I was bonr, for You I live,For you I must die, and for YouI give my last breath.
,{BOUT THE COMPOSER
As a Professor of Music, Z. Randall Stroope serves as Director of Choral
Activities at the University of Nebraska at Omatra. He is widely known as a
conductor, lecturer and composer, with extensive studies in composition with
Cecil Effinger and Normand Lockwood - both students of the famous French
teacher, Nadia Boulanger. Ensembles under his direction have toured throughout
the world including Australia, the Baltic States, eastsrn Europe, Russia" South
Africa, Canada *d Jup*. Dr. Stroope is a frequent All-State and festival
clinician, has published more than 45 works and recorded 8 compact discs'
A recording of AMOR DE MI AI^L/IA is available from the composer.
Passoges, rol. 2t The choral Music of z. Randnll stroope,#zRSZl402
Commissioned by the Meistersingers of Englcwood, ColoradoB ill E ic kso n, cond.uctor
AMOR DE MI ALMA(Tou Are the Loue of My Soul)
GARCII,ASO DE LA VEGA SATB O CAPPCIIA, OPIiONAI PiANO
,.RANDALL STROOPE(1503-1536)
Passionate and ExpansiveI
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SOPRANO
ALTO
TENOR
BASS
A tempo I was born to loue only ydu;
Melody (opt.Sopr.2) np molto espr.
sr-no pa ra que-
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Yo ci, Yo
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Rit.
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AtempoYo no
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que - reesDr.
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ros, que - re
My soul
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al-ma
do, me -
cor-ta - do a su me-
cor-ta - do a su me-
doa
doa
que re
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que - re
has formed You to its nLeasure;
ha cor - ta
ha cor
Mi al-ma os- ha
unhurried
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Mi al-ma os ha
cor-ta - do,-
cor - ta
su
suc
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last breath.
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p hushed
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vos.
and for you
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