Quanto sia lieto il giorno (Adrian Willaert)

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• (Posted 2025-06-26)  CPDL #85618:     

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2025-06-26).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Vocal part plus Italian tablature for a lute in A. Lute part in French/English tablature is available on my site (see my profile).

General Information

Title: Quanto sia lieto il giorno
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Lyricist: Niccolò Machiavelli
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: S
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: Lute

First published: 1536 in Intavolatura de li madrigali di Verdelotto (Venice), no. 1
Description: This is an arrangement of Verdelot's madrigal with the lower three voices rendered by lute.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Quanto sia liet' il giorno (Philippe Verdelot).