Alfonso Ferrabosco I

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• The nightingale so pleasant and so gay

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Life

Born: 1543

Died: 1588

Biography

Father of Alfonso Ferrabosco (II).

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List of choral works

Sacred Music Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore Fuerunt mihi lacrimae Heu mihi Domine In die tribulationis In Monte Oliveti Laboravi in gemitu Lamentations I Lamentations II Mirabile mysterium O lux beata trinitas O vos omnes Peccantem me quotidie Tribulationem et dolorem inveni

Secular music But as the bird Dolci ire Donna se voi m'odiate Donna, l'ardente fiamma Godea Tirsi gli amori I languish to complain me I saw my lady weeping I think that, if the hills I was full near my fall If silent, then grief torments me Lady, if you so spite me Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux Like as from heaven The nightingale so pleasant and so gay O sweet kiss, full of comfort Rubies and pearls Say sweet Phyllis Se pur è ver che l'alma She only doth not feel it So far from my delight Sometime my hope Such pleasant boughs Susanna fair whom lying lips Susanna fayre sometime of love (5 voices) These that be certain signs Thirsis to Cloris pleaded Zefiro torna

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