Donne la pura luce (Ruggiero Giovannelli)

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• (Posted 2022-04-04)  CPDL #68741:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-04-04).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 117 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2020-05-03)  CPDL #58427:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-05-03).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 564 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Donne la pura luce
Composer: Ruggiero Giovannelli
Lyricist: Cristoforo Castelletti

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Il primo libro de Madrigali a cinque voci, no. 21
    2nd published: 1590 in Dialoghi musicali (Angelo Gardano), no. 23
    3rd published: 1596 in Madrigali a otto voci (Pierre Phalèse), no. 18, p. 19
    4th published: 1609 in Hortus musicalis (ed. Michael Herrer) – sacred contrafact, Book 3, no. 26
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Italian text

Donne la pura luce,
De bei vostr'occhi chiari,
Ch'è à noi felice tramontan'e duce,
Mentre solchian d'amor gli ondosi mari,
Suole i petti ferir ne però chiama,
Salute il cor ma novi colpi brama,
Stravaganza d'amore,
Che delle piaghe sue si glorii un core.