Un tempo sospirava (Giovanni Ferretti)
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- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-09-22). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 294 kB Copyright: CPDL
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-14). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 70 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Parts and source available on IMSLP.
General Information
Title: Un tempo sospirava
Composer: Giovanni Ferretti
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Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAAAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1573 in Il primo libro delle canzoni alla napolitana a sei voci (Giovanni Ferretti) (Scotto press, Venice), no. 18
2nd published: 1585 in Symphonia angelica, Edition 1, no. 57
3rd published: 1589 in Gemmae musicalis Liber Secundus, no. 33
4th published: 1592 in Pratum musicum (ed. Emanuel Adriaenssen) – arr. for two voices and lute, Edition 2, no. 31
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Un tempo sospirava,
piangev' e lacrimava;
Sol per volere bene
a chi mi dava pene.
E mo cantando vò,
Non ardo come prima, no no no.