All'apparir della leggiadra figlia (Alessandro Striggio)
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- Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2021-05-28). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 192 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: All'apparir della leggiadra figlia
Composer: Alessandro Striggio
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Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSSAATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1591 in Il Lauro verde, Edition 2, no. 33
2nd published: 1596 in Madrigali a otto voci (Pierre Phalèse), no. 25
Description: This work was presumably written for the wedding of Francesco I de‘ Medici and Bianca Castello, which was officially performed in 1579 (after they had been wedded privately in 1578). The wedding god Hymen was usually associated with a torch, a veil and a garland of flowers.
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Original text and translations
Italian text All‘apparir della leggiadra figlia |
German translation Beim Erscheinen der hübschen Tochter
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English translation At the appearance of the pretty daughter
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