Quam pulchra es (Thomas Crecquillon)

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• (Posted 2026-01-04)  CPDL #87987:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2026-01-04).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 82 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third. New version uploaded on 4 January 2026, eliminating some obvious typing errors in the text.

General Information

Title: Quam pulschra es
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1554 in Liber sextus cantionum sacrarum (Pierre Phalèse), no. 10
    2nd published: 1576 in Opus sacrarum cantionum, no. 45
Description: Source: Pierre Phalèse, Liber sextus cantionum sacrarum, 1554 & 1558

Original text and translations

Latin text

Quam pulchra es amica mea,
quam pulchra est et quam decora,
carissima in deliciis.

Statura tua assimilata est platano
et ubera tua botris
Caput tuum ut Carmelus.

Collum tuum sicut turris eburnea.
Veni, electa mea, sponsa veni
soror mea veni et coronaberis.