Quam pulchra es (Giovanni Rovetta)

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Editor: Shaun Pirttijarvi (submitted 2009-05-15).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 168 kbytes   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
Published: 1635

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.