Mentr' il canoro (Giovanni Bernardino Nanino)
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- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2022-06-08). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 172 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2020-06-08). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A semi-diplomatic edition. Score of voices, Harpsicord intavolation and the lute intavolation in Italian tablature and transcribed to French tablature.
General Information
Title: Mentr' il canoro
Composer: Giovanni Bernardino Nanino
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1595 in L'Odi della Musica à 3 voci, no. 16
Description: A Canzonetta from the Simone Veronis print: L'Odi della Musica à 3 voci ... Libro Primo, Roma 1596. The Print gives the parts of the voices, an intavolation for harpsichord and an intavolation for Lute in Italian tablature.
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Mentr' il canoro Cigno
sente l'aura vital
già venir manco,
non plora o langue
como vinto o stanco
ma con soavi accenti
Echo move a pietade
e lauree i venti