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Al bel de tuoi capelli (Orazio Vecchi)
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- Editor: Christian Mondrup (submitted 2005-09-14). Score information: A4, 5 pages Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Al bel de tuoi capelli
Composer: Orazio Vecchi
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1590
Description: first published in Selva di Varia Ricreatione (Venezia 1590)
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Al bel de tuoi capelli
L'oro ogni pregio tiene
Ch'al paragon piu impallidir si vede.
Son così forse i velli
De l'Auriga celeste
Quando di raggi il mondo infiamma e veste?
Febo vinto si rende
Mentre piu chiaro luce.
Dunque di che risplende?
D'un vivo raggio de l'eterna luce!
English text
It is gold that gives
light to your hair,
even if gold looks less bright.
Is the hair of the celestial driver
as beautiful as yours,
when he dresses the world in his flames?
No, Phoebus declares himself defeated
even when he is at his best.
So, where does the light of your hair come from?
From a ray of the eternal light!
Thanks to Andrea Friggi for the English translation
