Cantan fra rami (Vincenzo Ruffo)

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Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.
Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2014-04-12).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 100 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Cantan fra rami
Composer: Vincenzo Ruffo
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto from Orlando furioso, canto XXXV, ottava 50

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATT

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1585 in Il primo libro di madregali cromatici (Gardano press, Venice)

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Cantan fra rami gl'augeletti vaghi,
azuri e bianchi, rossi, verdi e gialli
mormoranti ruiscelli e chetti laghi
de limpidezza vincon' i cristalli,
una dolc' aura che ti par che vaghi,
a un modo sempre e dal suo stil non falli,
facea si l'aria tremolar d'intorno
che non potra noiar calor del giorno.
 

English.png English translation

By whom he is beloved can no one know,
Who on the top of Fortune's wheel is seated;
Since he, by true and faithless friends, with show
Of equal faith, in glad estate is greeted.
But, should felicity be changed to woe,
The flattering multitude is turned and fleeted!
While he who loves his master from his heart,
Even after death performs his faithful part.

by William Rose (1775-1843)