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Dunque il giorno inchiniamo
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Dunque il giorno inchiniamo by Lodovico Agostini — Lyrics
Dunque il giorno inchiniamo,
Che'n ha la fiamma et bella e sanaresa,
Cantiamo et si cantiamo,
Che da ciscun sia nostra gioia'ntesa,
Ogni degn' alma accesa d'amoroso foco,
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About Dunque il giorno inchiniamo
Lodovico Agostini's Dunque il giorno inchiniamo paints a joyous scene as day dawns. The SATB voices are called to sing out their happiness, celebrating love's flame and inviting all souls alight with its fire to return to familiar pleasures. The text encourages the landscape itself—valleys, fields, and meadows—to flourish, and birds to join the celebration with song and play, accompanying the singers' delight. This is a secular Italian madrigal, typical of the Renaissance, where intricate vocal writing is employed to express lively and sometimes sensual themes. Agostini's setting captures the exuberance of this pastoral celebration, urging a full-throated expression of communal pleasure through its polyphonic texture.
