Nasce la gioia mia (Giovanni Ferretti)

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• (Posted 2020-10-04)  CPDL #60789:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-10-04).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 410 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Nasce la gioia mia
Composer: Giovanni Ferretti
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SATTTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1575 in Il secondo libro delle canzoni a sei voci, no. 10
    2nd published: 1583 in Harmonia celeste, Edition 1, no. 38
    3rd published: 1589 in Harmonia celeste, Edition 2, no. 38
    4th published: 1609 in Hortus musicalis (ed. Michael Herrer) – sacred contrafact, Book 2, no. 30
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Original text and translations

Italian text Nasce la gioia mia, Ogni volta ch'io mir'il mio bel sole, E la mia vit'è ria, Qual'hor nol miro, perch'il sguard'è tale Ch'ogni volta beato farmi suole. O sol, alm'immortale, Non t'asconder mai più, che certo veggio, S'io non ti miro, io non poss'haver peggio.

English translation My joy is born every time I see my beautiful sun, and my life is bitter whenever I do not see it, for its glance is such that it makes me blessed every time. O sun, immortal soul, do not hide yourself ever again, for I see for certain that if I do not see you, I could have nothing worse. (Tr. Ruth I. DeFord)