Io mi son giovinetta (Giovanni Battista Mosto)

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  • (Posted 2020-01-25)  CPDL #56778:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-01-25).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 370 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Io mi son giovinetta
Composer: Giovanni Battista Mosto
Lyricist: Giovanni Boccaccio

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1579 Corona di madrigali a sei voci libro primo, no. 9
    2nd published: 1591 in Melodia Olympica, no. 65
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Original text and translations

This is the beginning of the ballata by Neifile at the end of the ninth day of Boccaccio's Decamerone.

Italian.png Italian text

Io mi son giovinetta e volentieri
M'allegro e canto en la stagion novella,
Mercè d'amor e di dolci pensieri,
Io vo per verdi prati riguardando,
i bianchi fiori e giali,
Le rose in su le spine e bianchi gigli,
E tutti quanti li vo somigliando,
Al viso di colui
Ch'amandomi mi prese e terrà sempre.