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

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• (Posted 2024-11-21)  CPDL #82811:   

Editor: Nalei HU (submitted 2024-11-21).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 120 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: 这是译配的中文版《夜莺》(打开文件请点击上面的’pdf’标志)；您若有兴趣关注我译配的其他中文歌谱，请点击上面 Editor: 右边的 Nalei HU 链接，或者点击： Chinese。

• (Posted 2017-04-30)  CPDL #44304:     

Editor: Adrian Wall (submitted 2017-04-30).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 1.66 MB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Transposed up a tone. English and French texts provided.

• (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.

• (Posted 2014-05-07)  CPDL #31890:         

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2014-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: The Nightingale so pleasant and so gay / Le Rossignol plaisant et gratieux
Composer: Alfonso Ferrabosco I
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: English
or French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1588 in Musica Transalpina, Edition 1, no. 43
Description: Published with English text in Musica Transalpina (Nicholas Yonge, London, 1588) and with French text in Le rossignol musical des chansons (Pierre Phalèse, Antwerp, 1597)
For the original version with french text see the edition #44304 or Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux.