O bene mio (Adrian Willaert)

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• (Posted 2018-11-14)  CPDL #51899:     

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 57 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2018-03-04)  CPDL #48971:       

Editor: Peter Hilton (submitted 2018-03-04).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC SA

Edition notes: Transposed up a tone for SATB. Set without bar lines.

• (Posted 2015-02-16)  CPDL #34592:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2015-02-16).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: O bene mio
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Villanella

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1542 in Madrigali a quatro voce libro primo (Girolamo Scotto), no. 33
    2nd published: 1545 in Canzone villanesche alla napolitana, no. 12
    3rd published: 1576 in Cantiones suavissimae (Leonhard Schröter) – sacred contrafact, Tomus 1, no. 5
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Original text and translations

Italian text O bene mio, famm'uno favore: che questa sera ti possa parlare e s'alcuno ti ci trova e tu grida : chi vend'ova. Viene senza paura e non bussare, butta la porta che porrai entrare e s'alcuno… Alla finestra, fino alle due hore, farò la spia che porrai entrare e s'alcuno…

Latin text Qui vina fecit ex simplici liquore, nunc adsit hic coniungiale dum celebrat homo festum, homo sanus moderatus, inimicus Cyathorum qui pessundant et demenant helvones. Contrafact from Cantiones suavissimae (Leonhard Schröter)

English translation Light of my life, I beg of you one thing: this evening kindly lend to me your ear, and if anyone should come and find you there, just shout, ‘Anyone got any eggs for sale?’ Don’t be afraid, just come, don’t trouble to knock: push the door and it will let you in, and if anyone should come and find you there, just shout, ‘Anyone got any eggs for sale?’ At the window I shall wait till two o’clock, at the window I shall wait to let you in, and if anyone should come and find you there, just shout, ‘Anyone got any eggs for sale?’ Translation by Mick Swithinbank