Soavissimi fiori (Ruggiero Giovannelli)

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  • (Posted 2020-05-11)  CPDL #58523:       
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-05-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 304 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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  • (Posted 1998-12-28)  CPDL #00154:  Icon_pdf_globe.gif
Editor: Jens Peter Jacobsen (submitted 1998-12-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 105 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: originally madrigal, sacred text added.File recovered using the WayBackMachine of http://archive.org

General Information

Title: Suavissimi Jesu / Soavissimo fiori
Composer: Ruggiero Giovannelli
Lyricist: Aquilino Coppini

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genres: Secular & SacredMadrigal

Languages: Italian, Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Il primo libro de Madrigali a cinque voci, no. 17
    2nd published: 1607 in Musica tolta da I Madrigali di Claudio Monteverde, e d'altri autori … e fatta spiritual (Aquilino Coppini), no. 15
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Suavissime IESU, splendor aeterni
Patris gloriaque beata Paradisi,
In te spem meam pono, qui potes me beare
In sedibus aeternis.
Da mihi vitam illam in regno tuo.

Italian.png Italian text

Soavissimi fiori colti nel bel giardino
Ove si vede eterna Primavera,
Se dalle man venite di quella,
Quella cui m’inchino spirando grati odori
Lasciate ch’io vi baci e ch’io v’odori.