Chi chi li chi (Andrea Gabrieli)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-05). Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 136 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.
- Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2014-04-22). Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 102 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: All ficta clearly marked. Accidentals not marked as ficta appear in original source. Transcribed from the 1574 Gardano publication of Gabrieli's Primo libro de Madrigali a Sei voci. Two small changes were made due to mistakes in the original: m. 45, whole note lengthened to dotted whole in all parts; and m. 76, Tenor only, mistaken half note on "Mar" of "Martina" shortened to quarter note.
- MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Steven Langley Guy (submitted 2003-10-22). Score information: A4, 11 pages, 80 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: written in original C clefs
General Information
Title: Chi chi li chi
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Neapolitan
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1574 in Gabrieli's Il primo libro de madrigali a 6 voci, no. 18
Description: Not to be confused with Orlando di Lasso's remarkably similar work of the same name. Both works are based on an anonymous 3-voice composition, possibly by da Nola.
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Original text and translations
Neapolitan text Chi chilichi? Cucurucu! |
English translation [note: chilichi and cucurucu are chicken sounds. Think "cock-a-doodle-doo."] |
English translation Alternate translation: |