Alma Vergin Gentile (Giovanni Maria Nanino and Giovanni Bernardino Nanino)

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• (Posted 2020-07-23)  CPDL #59856:       

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2020-07-23).   Score information: A4, 18 pages, 433 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A semi-diplomatoric edition.

General Information

Title: Alma Vergin Gentile
Composer: Giovanni Maria Nanino and Giovanni Bernardino Nanino^{create page}
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Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SST

Genre: Sacred, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1599

Description: A set of 7 laudi spirituale setting in all 11 stanzas of text. The four first laudi are composed by Giovanni Maria Nanino and the three last by his younger brother Giovanni Bernardino Nanino. Only two of the laudi use more than one stanza of the text.

The text is an invocation to the Mother of God during the great flood 1598 when the Tiber broke its banks. Some of the stanzas invoke the help of the Blessed Virgin as some others describe the furry of the elements during the flood.

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