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Im Original

Lucia, celu. Orlando di Lasso. A cappella. Secular , Madrigal. Language. Italian. SATB.

Übersetzung

Lucia, celu. Orlando di Lasso. A-cappella-. Weltliche, Madrigal. Sprache. Italienisch. SATB.

Im Original

This piece is a Moresche, a genre of low-brow song sung from the perspective of a Moorish servant. slave. The genre could be seen as a very early incarnation of 19th-century minstrelsy, filled with racial caricatures and stereotypes of the time. The text, a mix of Neopolitan and Moorish nonsense words and dialect, reflects this. "Moor," as used in the translation, is a derogatory term, along the lines of similar racial epithets used in the United States.

Übersetzung

This piece is a Moresche, a genre of low-brow song sung from the perspective of a Moorish servant. slave. The genre could be seen as a very early incarnation of 19th-century minstrelsy, filled with racial caricatures and stereotypes of the time. The text, a mix of Neopolitan and Moorish nonsense words and dialect, reflects this. "Moor," as used in the translation, is a derogatory term, along the lines of similar racial epithets used in the United States.