E che per segno
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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E che per segno by Pomponio Nenna — Lyrics
About E che per segno
Pomponio Nenna was a composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. His madrigal E che per segno is for SSATB voices and sung in Italian. The text expresses the poet's intense longing to be with his beloved. He wishes he could transform into the wind to reach them, lamenting that he is bound and cannot go where his desire leads. The poet continues, describing the beloved's son, comparing him to springtime and the celestial bodies, and imagining them together with beautiful spirits. The poet's envy is palpable as he feels himself 'pierced by envy' while the beloved remains free and unbound.