Felice primavera (Paolo Virchi)

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• (Posted 2023-08-25)  CPDL #75005:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-25).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 127 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th.

• (Posted 2023-08-25)  CPDL #75004:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-08-25).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 125 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Original high clefs.

General Information

Title: Felice primavera
Composer: Paolo Virchi
Lyricist: Torquato Tasso
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1583 in Il Lauro verde, Edition 1, no. 22
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Original text and translations

Italian text Felice primavera di bei pensier fiorisce nel mio core, novo LAURO d'Amore a cui ride la terra e'l Ciel d'intorno. E di bel manto adorno di giacinti e viole il Po si veste. Danzan le Ninfe oneste e i pastorelli, e cantano gli augelli infra le fronde al mormorar dell'onde, e'in grembo a fiori scherzan le Grazie, e i pargoletti Amori.

English translation A joyful springtime of beautiful thoughts blossoms in my heart, a new LAUREL of Love, to which the earth and skies above smile, And in a fair mantle adorned with hyacinths and violets, the Po clothes itself. Chaste nymphs and shepherds dance, and the birds sing amidst the foliage to the murmuring of the waves, and among the flowers the Graces and the amorous cherubs sport. Translation by Allen Garvin