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Fa una canzona
Staff Notation • Secular, Canzonette
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Fa una canzona by Orazio Vecchi — Lyrics
Fa una canzone senza note nere
Se mai bramasti la mia grazia havere
Falla d'un tuono ch'invita al dormire,
Dolcemente, dolcemente facendo la finire.
Per entro non vi spargere durezze
Che le mie orecchie non vi sono avezze
Falla d'un tuono…
Ne vi far cifra o segno contra segno
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About Fa una canzona
Orazio Vecchi’s Fa una canzona is a delightful example of the Italian canzonetta genre, popular in the late Renaissance. Written for SATB choir, this secular piece humorously instructs the singer to compose a song without any difficult notes, and to end it gently. The text humorously contrasts this simple style with the powerful music used by Orfeo to placate Proserpina, and the music that soothed King Saul. It would make an excellent light-hearted interlude in a concert programme, perhaps at a festive occasion or summer gathering.
