Sperar non si potea (Andrea Gabrieli)

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• (Posted 2019-08-18)  CPDL #55083:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2019-08-18).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 295 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2018-11-13)  CPDL #51865:     

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-13).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts available at http://dfwviols.com/new/2018-11-13-01.

General Information

Title: Sperar non si potea
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1579 in Trionfo de Musica (ed. Tiburtio Massaino), no. 3
    2nd published: 1591 in Melodia Olympica, no. 44
Description: The first part of a 6-part sestina, from Tiburtio Massaino's 1579 collection, with each part by a different madrigal composer (the other composers are Bellhaver, Merula, Donati, Vecchi, and Massaino himself).

Original text and translations

Italian text Sperar non si potea da sì bella Alba Ch'apparve inanti al Sol, vestita d'oro E col lembo e col crin sparso di rose, Per riposarsi su la riva d'Arno, Altro ch'un sì felice e lieto giorno Ch'inamora la terra, onora'l Cielo.