Fortuna desperata (Antoine Busnois)

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• (Posted 2009-03-12)  CPDL #19035:     

Editor: Martin Schubert (submitted 2009-03-12).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Notation in measures of 4/2, in notes with the usual length and in modern clefs.

General Information

Title: Fortuna desperata
Composer: Antoine Busnois

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript 1500–1503 in the Segovia Codex, no. 111
    Manuscript c.1510 in I-Fn MS Magl. XIX.121, no. 25
    Manuscript c.1515 in the Henry VIII manuscript, no. 2
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Original text and translations

Italian text Fortuna desperata iniqua e maledicta, che di tal dona electa la fama ay denegata.

English translation Desperate fate, iniquitous and maledicted, that blackened the good name of a woman beyond compare.

German translation Verzweifeltes Schicksal, ungerecht und verflucht, das den Ruf einer solch erwählten Frau verdunkelt hat.