Che più d'un giorno è la vita mortale
( How like a brief day our life passes )
Adaptor of the text:
Malin, Don
(born in 1953)
[USA]
Edition
Ref. :
OCT 2318
(8 p.)
, "Renaissance choral series"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Malin, Don
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Italian
+ adapted in
English
Epoque:
16th century
(1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Secular ; Madrigal
Mood of the piece:
contrapuntal ; lively ; serious
Type of Choir:
SAATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
D aeolian ; F major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Musicological Sources:
From preface: "Lechner's Italian madrigals were first published in 1579. 'Che più d'un giorno' appears in a collection published by Robert Eitner in 1895."
Source of text:
Petrach's "Triumph of Time."