Che più d'un giorno è la vita mortale

( How like a brief day our life passes )

Lechner, Leonhard (1553-1606) [ Germany ]

Text by Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374) [Italy]
Adaptor of the text: Malin, Don (born in 1953) [USA]
Edition
Published by Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. [USA] , 1975
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."
 

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