Bartolomeo Tromboncino & Franciscus Bosseniensis: Suspir io themo (1511)
Bartolomeo Tromboncino & Franciscus Bosseniensis: Suspir io themo 0:06 Bosseniensis' arrangement for voice and lute 2:36 Instrumental arrangement (cornetto, harp) This frottola survives only in this reduced form for solo vocalist and lute accompaniment. The original 3 or 4 part version by Tromboncino has not been found although it is not difficult to guess the original notes from the lute intabulation. Like many of Tromboncino's compositions from this period, it was probably dedicated to his famous patron Isabella d'Este. Text: Suspir io themo ma piu theme il core Che de doi mali voi cason sereti Luno de scoprir lo occulto ardore Laltro che el pecto mio accenderiti Chel vento un poco ascosto fa magiore E acceso el vede ognun tal vui fareti Donque lassate hormai poi che mia sorte Voi che tacendo o no io corra amorte Translation (please help with any corrections): I am afraid to breath, but my heart is even more afraid of two bad things you keep secret: The one to find the hidden passion The other which lights up my breast That a little breeze further inflames And I reach ... each one as you do Therefore leave me now to my lot Whether you are silent or not, I speed to my death Description of photos: 1. "Suspir io themo" complete score for voice and lute, Franciscus Bosseniensis, ed. O. Petrucci, 1511 2. Sala del Tesoro, Palazzo Costabili, Ferrara, the stomping grounds of Tromboncino's patron Isabella d'Este 3. Isabella d'Este and sister Beatrice with lute, detail from #3 above, Garofalo, c1506 4. Musical seal of Isabella d'Este, Studiolo, Ducal Palace, Mantua 5. Parnassus, Andrea de Mantegna, 1497, originally displayed in Isabella d'Este's Studiolo in Mantua 6. Cornetto player, detail from "Finding Moses," Bonifazio de Pitati, c1530 7. Isabella d'Este bust, Gian Cristophoro Romano, c1500 8. Insignia of Isabella d'Este (Estensis), Studiolo, Ducal Palace, Mantua 9. Ceiling of Isabella d'Este's grotta, note the musical symbolism 10. Intarsia of a lute and two cornetti, Ducal Palace of Gubbio, Guiliano da Majano, c1480
Bartolomeo Tromboncino & Franciscus Bosseniensis: Suspir io themo 0:06 Bosseniensis' arrangement for voice and lute 2:36 Instrumental arrangement (cornetto, harp) This frottola survives only in this reduced form for solo vocalist and lute accompaniment. The original 3 or 4 part version by Tromboncino has not been found although it is not difficult to guess the original notes from the lute intabulation. Like many of Tromboncino's compositions from this period, it was probably dedicated to his famous patron Isabella d'Este. Text: Suspir io themo ma piu theme il core Che de doi mali voi cason sereti Luno de scoprir lo occulto ardore Laltro che el pecto mio accenderiti Chel vento un poco ascosto fa magiore E acceso el vede ognun tal vui fareti Donque lassate hormai poi che mia sorte Voi che tacendo o no io corra amorte Translation (please help with any corrections): I am afraid to breath, but my heart is even more afraid of two bad things you keep secret: The one to find the hidden passion The other which lights up my breast That a little breeze further inflames And I reach ... each one as you do Therefore leave me now to my lot Whether you are silent or not, I speed to my death Description of photos: 1. "Suspir io themo" complete score for voice and lute, Franciscus Bosseniensis, ed. O. Petrucci, 1511 2. Sala del Tesoro, Palazzo Costabili, Ferrara, the stomping grounds of Tromboncino's patron Isabella d'Este 3. Isabella d'Este and sister Beatrice with lute, detail from #3 above, Garofalo, c1506 4. Musical seal of Isabella d'Este, Studiolo, Ducal Palace, Mantua 5. Parnassus, Andrea de Mantegna, 1497, originally displayed in Isabella d'Este's Studiolo in Mantua 6. Cornetto player, detail from "Finding Moses," Bonifazio de Pitati, c1530 7. Isabella d'Este bust, Gian Cristophoro Romano, c1500 8. Insignia of Isabella d'Este (Estensis), Studiolo, Ducal Palace, Mantua 9. Ceiling of Isabella d'Este's grotta, note the musical symbolism 10. Intarsia of a lute and two cornetti, Ducal Palace of Gubbio, Guiliano da Majano, c1480