The golden age of the madrigal

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The golden age of the madrigal

[selected, edited, and annotated by Alfred Einstein ; with English versions by Gustave Reese]

AMS Press, 1976

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The golden age of the madrigal : twelve Italian madrigals for five-part chorus of mixed voices

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Note

For chorus (SATTB), unacc.; includes piano acc. for rehearsal only

Italian words with English translation; also printed as text

Pref. in English

Reprint of the 1942 ed. published by G. Schirmer, New York

Contents of Works

  • S'infinita bellezza = Since beauty that is boundless / Jacques Arcadelt
  • O morte, eterno fin = Last slumber, eternal end / Cipriano de Rore
  • Quand'io pens'al martire = When I think how I languish / Claudio Merulo
  • Ecco l'aurora con l'aurata fronte = Lo, how Aurora with her golden graces / Andrea Gabrieli
  • Verament'in amore = Love, in truth, to a lover / Filippo di Monte
  • Quand'io ero giovinetto = When I was a merry stripling / Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Quivi sospiri = Therein deep sighing : scene from the "Inferno" / Luzzasco Luzzaschi
  • Erasi al sole il mio bel sole assiso = My queenly sun before the sun was seated / Costanzo Porta
  • Fiere silvestre = Wild, silvan creatures / Luca Marenzio
  • Ah dolente partita! = Ah, this parting will slay me! / Giaches Wert
  • Fummo felici un tempo = Fortune once made us happy / Orazio Vecchi
  • Di marmo siete voi = Of marble you are fashioned / Marco da Gagliano

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