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Erran per alpe incolte
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Erran per alpe incolte by Ruggiero Giovannelli — Lyrics
1.Itene, vaccarella, in quelle pratora;
Acciochè quando i boschi, e i monti imbrunano,
Ciascuna a casa ne ritorne fatora.
Quanti greggi ed armenti oimè digiunano,
Per non trovar pastura; e delle pampane
Si van nudrendo che per terra adunano!
Lasso, ch'appena di mill'una campane;
E ciascun vive in tanto estrema inopia,
Che'l cor per doglia sospirando avvampane.
2.Ringrazie dunque il Ciel qualunque ha copia
D'alcun suo bene in questa vil miseria;
Che ciascun caccia dalla mandra propia.
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About Erran per alpe incolte
Ruggiero Giovannelli’s Erran per alpe incolte is a secular Italian madrigal for SATB choir. The music opens with a sense of pastoral longing, reflecting the text’s lament for shepherds and their flocks driven from familiar pastures by hardship. The voices interweave, depicting the uncertainty and scarcity described in the lyrics. The text speaks of animals going hungry and people finding sustenance only in what they can gather from the ground. It contrasts this poverty with gratitude for any abundance in these miserable times. The choir conveys the shepherds’ difficult journey through wild, uninhabited mountains, seeking to protect their property from strangers.
