Quanta beltà (Jacques Arcadelt)

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  • (Posted 2018-11-22)  CPDL #52299:     
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-22).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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Editor: Walker Boyle (submitted 2010-06-15).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Updated to v. 2.0 in May 2014. Transcribed from the 1539 Gardane edition of Arcadelt's Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci.
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General Information

Title: Quanta beltà
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539 in Il primo libro de' madrigali a 4 voci, no. 1.34
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Original text and translations

Italian.png Italian text

Quanta beltà, quanta gratia e splendore
Si vidde in donna mai,
Vaga angioletta tutt’il ciel vi diede
Quant’ alta cortessia, quanto valore
Regnò in donna gia mai, gia mai
Tutt'in voi regna con pietate e sede
tal che chiunque vi vede
Dice che i bei sembienti vostri e costumi santi,
I divia occhi,
il bel volto e le chiome
D’Angela son insieme col bel nome.

English.png English translation

How much beauty, how much grace and splendour
Was ever seen in a woman,
Fair angel, the entire heaven gave you
So much courtesy, so much value
That never reigned in a woman, never before.
Everything reigns in you with pity and has its seat,
So much that everyone who sees you
Says that your gracious line and virtues,
The heavenly eyes,
The beautiful face and hair
Are all together of an Angel, along with your fair name.(*)
(*)"Angela" is a common Italian name, but also the feminine form of "angel"