In boschi, Ninfa (Benedetto Pallavicino)

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• (Posted 2025-06-05)  CPDL #85348:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2025-06-05).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 95 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Source files may be found on my github, and parts are available on my own site (both linked from my CPDL profile).

General Information

Title: In boschi, Ninfa
Composer: Benedetto Pallavicino
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Il primo libro de' madrigali a 6 voci (Venice: Vincenti), no. 9
Description: The text is anonymous, and who the text addresses is unknown, but the Gonzaga court in Mantova was known throughout Italy for its elaborate musical/theatrical productions.

Original text and translations

Italian text In boschi, Ninfa; in Scena, Diva è Dea; in abito di maschio, il bel Narciso; in teatro, l'istessa Citerea sembra Diana col leggiadro viso. Fenice è in aria, or Dori, or Galatea, si mostra al Mar, in terra un Paradiso. Ne scopre, è tutta grazia, è tutt'amore: Or chi la mira e non le don'il core?

English translation In the woods, a Nymph; on the stage, the Goddess is Divine; in the garments of a man, the fair Narcissus; in the theater, the self-same Cytherea appears as Diana with her lovely face. A Phoenix in the air, nor Dori, now Galatea, she shows herself to the Sea, on earth a Paradise. From this she reveals herself, she is all grace, all love: Now, who beholds her and does not give her their heart? Translation by Allen Garvin