Ecce amica mea (Maistre Jhan)
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- CPDL #11017: Capella
- Editor: Michael Wendel (submitted 2006-02-18). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 157 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright © Michael Wendel 2005, This edition may be freely duplicated, distributed, performed or recorded for non-profit performance or use.
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General Information
Title: Ecce, amica mea
Composer: Cristóbal de Morales
Source of text: Song of Songs 2:8b-14, with minor alterations and insertions.
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1546
Description: No. 18 of 20 motets published in 1546 in Venice by Antonio Gardano. (facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich (4° Mus.pr. 42/3)). A Song of Songs motet to the Virgin Mary.
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Original text and translations
Insertions in the Vulgate text are italicised.
Latin text Prima pars 8b venit saliens in montibus, transiliens colles. 9 Similis est dilecta mea capree hynuloque cervorum. En dilecta mea,formosa mea 10 En dilectus meus loquitur mihi: "Surge, amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, 11 Iam enim hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit. Columba mea, veni. 12 Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra, tempus putationis advenit; vox turturis audita est in terra nostra, 13 ficus protulit grossos suos, vineae florentes dederunt odorem suum; surge, amica mea, propera, speciosa mea, et veni, 14 columba mea, in foraminibus petrae, in caverna maceriae. Ostende faciem tuam mihi, sonet vox tua in auribus meis; vox enim tua dulcis, et facies tua decora. |
English translation Prima pars 8b She cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold my beloved, my beautiful one, 10 Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, 11 For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. Come, my dove. |