Sola soletta (Girolamo Conversi)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2019-11-18). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 74 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
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- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2014-08-20). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 35 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Sola soletta
Composer: Girolamo Conversi
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1575 in Il primo libro delle canzoni a cinque voci
2nd published: 1583 in Musica divina di 19 autori illustri, no. 31
3rd published: 1590 in The first sett, of Italian madrigalls Englished (Thomas Watson) – English contrafact, no. 11
4th published: 1592 in Pratum musicum (ed. Emanuel Adriaenssen) – arr. for two voices and lute, Edition 2, no. 22
Description: A 5 part canzone from the composer's "il primo libro delle canzoni a cinque voci", 1575. The work was subsequently arranged by Thomas Morley for an instrumental consort. There is also an English setting of the madrigal, When all alone my bony loue, in "The first set of Italian madrigals Englished", 1590, with lyrics by Thomas Watson.
External websites:
- The source on IMSLP.
Original text and translations
Italian text Sola soletta i me ne vò cantando. |
English translation Alone and carefree I walk along, singing.
(NB: In the original, it is clear from the gender of the adjectives that these words are spoken by a woman) |
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