Da lo spuntar de matutini albori (Costanzo Porta)

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• (Posted 2018-02-05)  CPDL #48708:         

Editor: Wim Looyestijn (submitted 2018-02-05).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 116 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This madrigal is part 28 from "Il Trionfo di Dori", a series of 29 madrigals by various composers and poets, all ending with the exclamation "Viva la bella Dori". English translation adopted from Tactus. Dutch translation by editor.

General Information

Title: Da lo spuntar de matutini albori
Composer: Costanzo Porta
Lyricist: Pietro Cresci^{create page}

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1592 in Il Trionfo di Dori, no. 28
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text Da lo spuntar de matutini albori, Insin al tramontar del maggior lume, Vaga schiera di ninfe e di pastori, Dolcemente cantando, Hor lungi un picciol fiume, Ch’in bel vicino monte, Scaturia mormorando, Da cristallino fonte, Hor dentr’ombroso bosc’hor in fiorito Prato, mai sempr’udito Fù risonar tra l’onde e faggi e fiori, Viva la bella Dori.

English translation From the breaking of the morning dawn until the setting of the greatest light, a graceful group of nymphs and shepherds was sweetly singing. Now they sang beside a small stream, which, in a fine mountain nearby gushed murmuring from a crystal fountain. Now as they sang in a shady wood, now in a flowery meadow; forever was heard resounding amid the waves, beeches and flowers: “Long live fair Dori!”.

Dutch translation Vanaf de eerste ochtendschemer tot de ondergang van het grootse licht, zat een vrolijk groepje nimfen en herders zachtjes te zingen. Nu zongen zij bij een klein beekje, dat, van een nabije prachtige berg ruisend stroomde uit een kristalheldere bron. Of zij nu in een lommerrijk bos, of op een bloemrijke weide zongen, altijd weerklonk over de golven, de beuken en de bloemen: "Leve de schone Dori!"