Quam pulchra es (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2023-01-03)  CPDL #72139:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2023-01-03).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 77 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a fifth. Even at this transposition, the ranges are suitable for AATB.

General Information

Title: Quam pulchra es
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: AATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Source: MS E-V 5 (Valladolid). A paper by Cristina Diego Pacheco suggests an attribution to Alonso Ordóñez, and in the manuscript, this work appears among works by him.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Quam pulchra es amica mea:
quam pulchra es et decora
quam pulchra sunt genae tuae
quam pulchrae sunt mammae tuae
pulchriora sunt ubera tua vino
collum tuum sicut monilia
oculi tui columbarum.

Labia distillantia suavissimum manus tuae tornatiles
venter tuus eburneus et vox tua dulcis
et facies tua decora.
O amica mea, aperi mihi quia amore langueo.