The nightingale so pleasant and so gay (Alfonso Ferrabosco I)

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  • (Posted 2017-02-18)  CPDL #43188:       
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-02-18).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Reformatting of #31890, with corrections.
  • CPDL #31890:       
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Title: The Nightingale so pleasant and so gay
Composer: Alfonso Ferrabosco I
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: From Musica Transalpina.

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Original text and translations

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The Nightingale so pleasant and so gay,
In greenwood groves delights to make his dwelling,
In fields to fly chanting his roundelay,
At liberty against the cage rebelling.

But my poor heart with sorrows overswelling,
Through bondage vile, binding my freedom short,
No pleasure takes in these his sports excelling,
Nor of his song receiveth no comfort.