Ecce tu pulcher es (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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(Posted 2020-06-28) CPDL #59405: (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-06-28). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 80 kB Copyright: CC BY NC

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(Posted 2019-07-02) CPDL #54665:

Original key (high chiavette):

Transposed down a tone:

Transposed down a fourth:

- Alto in transposed violin clef.

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2019-07-02). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 83 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved. Updated version of Edition #2043.

(Posted 2017-08-10) CPDL #45809:

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-08-10). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 60 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #17234. Musica ficta absorbed into staves.

(Posted 2016-05-19) CPDL #39702:

Original pitch:

Transposed down a fourth:

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2019-11-01). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 61 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print (based on 1587 edition), Mensurstrich layout, original key signature and note values, musica ficta clearly marked.

(Posted 2008-06-15) CPDL #17234: (Finale 2006)

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-15). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 66 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 7 KB, Finale 2006: 27 KB.

General Information

Title: Ecce tu pulcher es
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Canticum Canticorum, no. 8
Description: From ‘Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 1 - Verses 16 through Chapter 2 - Verse 1.

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Original text and translations

Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1

Latin text

Ecce tu pulcher es dilecte mi et decorus.
Lectulus noster floridus,
tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina,
laquearia cupressina.
Ego flos campi et lilium convallium.

English translation

Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely.
Our bed is flourishing.
The beams of our houses are of cedar,
our rafters of cypress trees.
I am the flower of the field,
and the lily of the valleys.

Dutch translation

[Zij:]
Wat knap ben je toch, mijn liefste en wat bekoorlijk.
Ons bed is het bloemenveld,
de balken van onze vertrekken zijn ceders,
de plafonds zijn cipressen.
Ik ben een weidebloem en een lelietje van dalen.

Translation by Anton Hendriks, Ben Terstegge & Hanneke Pot