Sonno, scendesti in terra (Stefano Felis)

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• (Posted 2023-02-11)  CPDL #72590:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2023-02-11).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 529 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: There are two parts in one file. In both parts on many places f-sharp and c-sharp would be applicable (musica ficta). In this edition musica ficta is not applied.

General Information

Title: Sonno, scendesti in terra
Composer: Stefano Felis
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1582 in Di Pomponio Nenna da Bari,Il primo libro de madrigali, 5vv, no. 7
    2nd published: 1585 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 6
    3rd published: 1593 in Nuova spoglia amorosa (Vincenti, Venice), no. 42
    4th published: 1606 in Hortus musicalis (ed. Michael Herrer) – sacred contrafact, Book 1, no. 17
Description: A two-part madrigal.

Original text and translations

Italian text

1.Sonno, scendesti in terra,
E fosti più pietoso
Delle mia donna che m'ha il viso ascoso.

2.Tu la ritorni a riva,
Mentr'ella piu fuggiva,
Tu mi fai riveder gli occhi lucenti,
Dopo sett'anni et la fronte serena,
E mi toglie di pena,
Tu fai insognando i miei desir contenti,
Se tu simile o sonno a morte sei,
Io pur beato in tal morte vivrei.