S'io canto et tu mi spacci (Antonio Scandello)
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- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2019-07-11). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 74 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A semidiplomatoric edition. Note-values are as in the original. Though the Chiavetti cleffing suggests a transposition the piece is left in the original key. Ficta are added sparingly.
General Information
Title: Sio canto et tu mi spacci
Composer: Antonio Scandello
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: The first four part Villanella Napoletana from the Ulric Neuberg and Theodor Gerlatzen Print: El Primo Libro delle Canzoni Napoletane... per ... Antonio Scandello..., Nürnberg 1566.
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Original text and translations
Italian text
S'io canto et tu mi spacci per cicala,
et ti sai besse deliviersi miei
o, mei amanti poveretti
le donne voglion altro che sonetti.
English translation
I sing and you call me a cicada,
and you know how to change my heart,
oh, poor lovers, the women
want nothing but sonnets.