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