Iesu spes penitentibus (Giovanni Maria Nanino)

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• (Posted 2022-10-03)  CPDL #71022:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2022-10-03).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 128 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A semi-diplomatic edition based on the 1586 print. Scores for voices (both in the original key and transposed down a fifth to accommodate performing with the cembalo or lute intavolations) and the gravicembalo and lute intavolations are included in the document. The lute intavolation is given both in the original Italian tablature and in French lute-tablature.

General Information

Title: Iesu Spes penitentibus
Composer: Giovanni Maria Nanino
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Madrigal

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Diletto spirituale (Simone Verovio), no. 23
Description: A Canzonetta Spirituale for four voices from Diletto spirituale collected by Simone Verovio. The printed original contains, apart for the parts for the voices, also intavolations for Gravicembalo and for Lute.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Iesu spes poenitentibus
quam pius es petentibus
quam bonus te quaerentibus
sed quid invenientibus.

Jesu dulcedo cordium,
fons vivus lumen mentium,
excedens omne gaudium,
et omne desiderium.