Usciva omai (Sebastián Raval)
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General Information
Title: Usciva homai
Composer: Sebastián Raval
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Text is from Gerusalemme Liberata: Canto Quattordicesimo
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Usciva omai dal molle e fresco grembo
de la gran madre sua la notte oscura,
aure lievi portando e largo nembo
di sua rugiada preziosa e pura;
e scotendo del vel l'umido lembo,
ne spargeva i fioretti e la verdura,
e i venticelli, dibattendo l'ali,
lusingavano il sonno de' mortali.
