Candida era la rosa (Alessandro Striggio)

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• (Posted 2023-06-24)  CPDL #74257:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2023-06-24).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 248 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Candida era la rosa
Composer: Alessandro Striggio
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1596 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 20
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Candida era la rosa
 Ma la tinse in vermiglio Citherea
Quando d'amor piu ardea
Quest'1e bianca e vezzosa
Honor de l'alm Aurora
Amor di propria man ting'e colora
Ch'al suo candido albore
Giung'un dorato spino un bel rubore.