Quam pulchra es (Giovanni Rovetta)
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- Editor: Shaun Pirttijarvi (submitted 2009-05-15). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 168 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Critical Edition, with six pages of commentary and notes, besides the six pages of the score.
General Information
Title: Quam pulchra es
Composer: Giovanni Rovetta
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: SA
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1635 in Motetti Concertati, Op. 3 (Venice)
Description: Quam pulchra es is a duet-motet, first published in 1635 and the last in a book of motets for two voices. The text is adapted from the fourth chapter of the Song of Solomon, found in the Old Testament.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Canticum Canticorum, vv. 4-5
4:1 quam pulchra es amica mea quam pulchra es; oculi tui columbarum absque eo quod intrinsecus latet; capilli tui sicut greges caprarum […]
4:2 dentes tui sicut greges tonsarum […]
4:3 sicut vitta coccinea labia tua, et eloquium tuum dulce […]
4:9 vulnerasti cor meum, soror, mea sponsa; vulnerasti cor meum […]
4:11 favus distillans labia tua sponsa mea; mel et lac sub lingua tua […]
5:8 […] quia amore langueo.
4:1 Quam pulchra es amica mea, quam pulchra es. Alleluia.