Candida era la rosa (Alessandro Striggio)
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- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2023-06-24). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 248 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Candida era la rosa
Composer: Alessandro Striggio
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1596 in Il quarto libro de madrigali a cinque voci, no. 20
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Candida era la rosa
Ma la tinse in vermiglio Citherea
Quando d'amor piu ardea
Quest'1e bianca e vezzosa
Honor de l'alm Aurora
Amor di propria man ting'e colora
Ch'al suo candido albore
Giung'un dorato spino un bel rubore.