If silent, then grief torments me - Ferrabosco, Alfonso I

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"Source: Madrigals to five voices, selected out of the best approved Italian authors by Thomas Morley, pub. Thomas East, 1598. A translation of Ferrabosco's madrigal 'S'io taccio'."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Madrigals

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range E2 – E5

¶ Language → English

Measures 83

Texture mixed texture

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 5

CPDL # 62882

Editor Mick Swithinbank

Posted 2021-02-13

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Cantus (g2)

B3 – E5

Quintus (ci)

A3 – B4

Altus (c2)

D3 – G4

Tenor (c3)

C3 – E4

Bassus (c4)

E2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

If silent, then grief torments me, if I speak, your patience moveth. Hating him that loveth, your wrath prevents me. But when sweet hope appeareth, my countenance it cheereth and kneels in humble suit for pity pleading: that these my lines so pensive, may no wise seem offensive but rather work my joy by your sweet reading.