Movi il tuo plettro Apollo (Lelio Bertani)

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• (Posted 2023-08-27)  CPDL #75037:        (Lilypond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-27).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2016-08-11)  CPDL #40723:          (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2016-08-11).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 351 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third from D-dorian.

• (Posted 2014-03-26)  CPDL #31566:      (XML)

Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2014-03-26).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 117 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The source (MusicXML) file is zipped.

General Information

Title: Movi il tuo plettro Apollo
Composer: Lelio Bertani
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1582 in Il Lauro secco (Vittorio Baldini), no. 4
    2nd published: 1591 in Melodia Olympica, no. 36
Description: The notes' values and the accidentals are as in the original edition. The 'musica ficta' suggestions are in the MIDI and the MusicXML files.

Original text and translations

Italian text

Movi il tuo plettro Apollo
A men lieta armonia,
Poi che quel lauro, che già fu si verde,
Poco per noi rinverde:
Ahi, ch'io lo provo (e sollo)
Però che tuttavia
Veggo, che nulla, ò poco
Scoppia più si bel lauro al mio gran foco.