Non ha tante serene stelle (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2022-07-16)  CPDL #70037:         

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-07-16).   Score information: A4, 21 pages, 429 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: In the mp3 file, the subsequent stanzas start at 1.56, 3:40, 6:09, 7:58 and 9:49, respectively.

General Information

Title: Non ha tante serene stelle
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3-6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1558 in Secondo libro delle muse a quattro voci (Barré), Edition 1, no. 12, only 4th stanza
    2nd published: 1562 in Il primo libro delle muse à 3 (Scotto), no. 4, only 3rd stanza
    3rd published: 1563 in Terzo libro di madrigali a 5 voci, no. 2
    4th published: 1597 in Cinquante pseaumes de David (ed. Simon Goulart) – psalm contrafact, only 1st stanza, no. 7
Description: Text is a sestina, so music has 6 stanzas, st. 1 and 2 for five voices, st. 3 to 6 for 3, 4, 5, 6 voices, respectively.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Non ha tante serene stelle il cielo.