O gran discortesia (Giaches de Wert)

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• (Posted 2025-01-07)  CPDL #83304:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2025-01-07).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 369 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: O gran discortesia
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Villanella, Canzonetta

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1589 in Il primo libro delle canzonette villanelle, no. 27
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Italian text

O gran discortesia.
Da Napoli s'in via,
Sciocca tal'hor canzone villanella,
Dice la gente com'è vaga e bella.