Ma non sì tosto dal materno stelo (Giaches de Wert)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-09-25). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 68 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th.
- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2024-09-25). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 69 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Original high clefs.
General Information
Title: Ma non sì tosto dal materno stelo
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto from Orlando Furioso, canto I ottava 43.
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1558 in Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, Edition 1, no. 19.2
2nd published: 1564 in Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, Edition 2, no. 14.2
Description: Part two of La verginella è simile alla rosa. Though parts one and three are for five voices, the quinto voce is tacet for this movement.
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Original text and translations
Italian text Ma non sì tosto dal materno stelo |
English translation Yet once removed, of its green stem bereft,
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