This edition was prepared by Allen Garvin — free to download, print, rehearse and perform.
L'Innamorato
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
Preview
0
0
3 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
Subscribed as
Want Sunday picks sent to another address too?
Free weekly email
Your choir should not be left out in what's trending
Sunday mass selections, psalms, and trending songs in your area — straight to your inbox.
L'Innamorato by Giovanni Gastoldi — Lyrics
A lieta vita
Amor ci invita.
Fa la la la la la la la.
Chi gioir brama
se di cor ama
donerà il core
a un tal Signore.
Fa la la ...
Or lieta omai
scacciando i guai.
Fa la la ...
Quanto ci resta
viviamo in festa
e diam l'onore
a un tal Signore.
Fa la la ...
Read full lyrics
About L'Innamorato
Giovanni Gastoldi was a prolific composer of madrigals and other secular vocal music in late 16th-century Italy. L'Innamorato, written for SAATB and SSATB voices, is a prime example of the light, charming style that made him so popular. The text celebrates the joy of love, urging listeners to live merrily and honour love’s power. It contrasts the happiness of those who embrace love with the wrath awaiting those who deny it. The repeated "Fa la la" refrains add a playful, dance-like quality, characteristic of the simpler, syllabic settings often found in Gastoldi’s ballettos, which were widely imitated across Europe.
