L'aer gravato (Jacques Arcadelt)
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- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2020-12-24). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 44 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a tone. Corrected file posted 24 December 2020.
General Information
Title: L'aer gravato
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1557 in Il primo libro delle muse a quattro voci (Antonio Barré), Edition 2, no. 2
Description: A short song with a text by Petrarch. The original clefs were C1, C3, C3, C4.
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Original text and translations
Italian text L'aere gravato, et l'importuna nebbia |
English translation The heavy air, and the oppressive cloud, |