Lucia, celu (Orlando di Lasso)
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- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2010-11-11). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 123 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Lucia, celu
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1581 in Libro de villanelle, moresche et altre canzoni, no. 13
Description: This piece is a Moresche, a genre of low-brow song sung from the perspective of a Moorish servant/slave. The genre could be seen as a very early incarnation of 19th-century minstrelsy, filled with racial caricatures and stereotypes of the time. The text, a mix of Neopolitan and Moorish nonsense words and dialect, reflects this. "Moor," as used in the translation, is a derogatory term, along the lines of similar racial epithets used in the United States.
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Original text and translations
Italian text Lucia, celu, hai, hai, hai, hai, hai |
English translation GIORGIO: Lucia, heaven above! Ah, you rascally girl, |