Contrapunto bestiale alla mente (Adriano Banchieri)
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- Editor: Jose Miguel Galan (added 2004-07-08). Score information: A4, 2 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Click on link 'Visualizar por orden alfabetico' under Repertorio de Música Antigua (hasta 1750) then search alphabetically by title. Finale file also viewable via SmartViewer.
- Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (added 2004-07-03). Score information: A4, 3 pages, kbytes Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Christopher Lee (added 2000-10-29). Score information: 48 kbytes Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0
- Edition notes: (Work is No. 12 from 'Festino') - source file zipped at Noteworthy Scriptorium site, notes and translations available at www.handlo.com
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- Editor: François-Xavier Chauchat (added 2000-06-05). Score information: 44 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Contrapunto bestiale alla mente
Composer: Adriano Banchieri
#12 from "Festino"
Number of voices: 4vv, 5vv Voicing: SATB, SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Languages: Italian, Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
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Original text and translations
Fa la la.
Nulla fides gobbis
similiter est zoppis.
Si squerzus bonus est,
super annalia scribe.
Bau, bau!
Miao, miao!
Chiù, chiù!
Cucù, cucù!
Fa la la.
This poem is written in "macaronic italian", which is an artificial mixture of latin and italian words with latin endings. The content is as nonsenisical as the language in which it is written. The translation is something like this:
- Don't trust hunchback,
- Nor the hobbler,
- If a squinter is good, he's good,
- Write this down in the annals!
