Son sì belle le rose (Carlo Gesualdo)
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- (Posted 2014-12-27) CPDL #33895:
- Editor: Christos Christodoulou (submitted 2014-12-27). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Son sì belle le rose
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Guarini
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1594 in Madrigali a 5 voci, libro primo, no. 17
2nd published: 1615 in Nuova scelta di madrigali (Naples: Carlino), no. 8
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Son sì belle le rose
che in voi natura pose
come quelle che l’arte
nel vago seno ha sparte.
Non so, mirando poi,
se voi le rose, o sian le rose voi.