O voi che sospirate a miglior note / O ye who sigh for music

Marenzio, Luca (1553-1599) [ Italy ]

Text by Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374) [Italy]
Adaptor of the text: Zimmerman, Franklin B. [USA]
Edition
Published by Dartmouth Publications [USA] , 1968
Ref. : Shawnee A-977  (8 p.) , "Dartmouth Collegium Musicum, Series 3: Music of the late Renaissance"
Editor or author of the restitution: Zimmerman, Franklin B.
Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Copyright : Trustees of Dartmouth College
 
Description
Text in: Italian ; English
Epoque: 16th century  (1550-1599)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Madrigal
Mood of the piece: pleading
Type of Choir: SATTB  (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): D
Tonality: E tonal center
Duration: 2.0 min.
Musicological Sources: No. 11 of "Il Secondo Libro de Madrigali à cinque voci" (Venice: Vincenzi, 1587)
Source of text: 12th stanza from "Mia benigna fortuna," (RIME E TRIONFI DI FRANCESCO PETRARCA, ed. F. Neri, Torino, 1953)
 

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