Vergine saggia (Cipriano de Rore)

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  • CPDL #32342:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif Icon_ly.gif
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2014-06-28).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 100 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values. LilyPond version: 2.18

General Information

Title: Vergine saggia
Composer: Cipriano de Rore
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1548

Description: The second stanza of Petrarca's Vergine poem.

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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Vergine saggia, et del bel numero una
de le beate vergini prudenti,
anzi la prima, et con piú chiara lampa;
o saldo scudo de l'afflicte genti
contra colpi di Morte et di Fortuna,
sotto 'l qual si trïumpha, non pur scampa;
o refrigerio al cieco ardor ch'avampa
qui fra i mortali sciocchi:
Vergine, que' belli occhi
che vider tristi la spietata stampa
ne' dolci membri del tuo caro figlio,
volgi al mio dubbio stato,
che sconsigliato a te vèn per consiglio.