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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
{{CiteCat|Motets|Motet}} based on the Song of Solomon 7. It does not seem to have a fixed liturgical text; Palestrina's ''[[Motecta festorum totius anni liber primus, 4vv (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)|Motecta festorum totius anni I 4vv]]'' assigns one version to the feast of the {{CiteCat|Immaculate Conception}}.<br> | |||
==Settings by composers== | ==Settings by composers== | ||
*[[Quam pulchri sunt (Severo Bonino)]] SSB (Version I) | |||
*[[Quam pulchri sunt (Bernardino Morelli)|Bernardino Morelli]] SATTB (version I) | |||
*[[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]] | *[[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]] | ||
**[[Quam pulchri sunt (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) | **[[Quam pulchri sunt (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)]] in ''Canticum Canticorum'', 1584 SSATB (Version II including italicized parts) | ||
**[[Quam pulchri sunt | **II (correctly ascribed to Victoria instead, see below) | ||
**[[ | **[[Quam pulchri sunt III a 4 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)]] in ''Motecta festorum totius anni I'', 1564 SATB (Version I) | ||
*[[Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui (Tomás Luis de Victoria)|Tomás Luis de Victoria]] SATB ( | **2nda parte of [[Sicut lilium inter spinas II (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)]] SATTB setting in 1569, Version I | ||
*[[Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui (Tomás Luis de Victoria)|Tomás Luis de Victoria]] SATB (Version I) | |||
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==Text and translations== | |||
===Version I=== | |||
{{Top}}{{Text|Latin| | |||
{{Vs|1b}} Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui filia principis | |||
{{Vs|4}} collum tuum sicut turris eburnea oculi tui divini | |||
{{Vs|5}} et comae capitis tui sicut purpura regis | |||
{{Vs|6}} quam pulchra es et quam decora carissima | |||
Alleluia.}} | |||
{{mdl}} | |||
{{Translation|English| | |||
{{Vs|1}} …How beautiful are thy steps, O prince's daughter! | |||
{{Vs|4}} Thy neck as a tower of ivory. Thy eyes divine | |||
{{Vs|5}} …and the hairs of thy head as the purple of the king… | |||
{{Vs|6}} How beautiful art thou, and how comely, my dearest… | |||
Alleluia.}} | |||
{{btm}} | |||
===Version II=== | |||
{{Top}}{{Text|Latin| | |||
{{Vs|1}} …quam pulchri sunt gressus tui | |||
''in calciamentis'' filia principis | |||
''iunctura feminum tuorum sicut monilia | |||
''quae fabricata sunt manu artificis'' | |||
{{Vs|2}} umbilicus tuus crater tornatilis | |||
numquam indigens poculis | |||
venter tuus sicut acervus | |||
tritici vallatus liliis | |||
}} | |||
{{mdl|3}} | |||
{{Translation|Dutch| | |||
Wat zijn je voeten mooi | |||
in je sandalen, koningsdochter. | |||
De ronding van je heupen is als een halssnoer, | |||
gemaakt door kunstenaarshanden. | |||
Je navel is als een ronde beker, | |||
waarin wijn nooit ontbreekt. | |||
Je buik is als een bergje tarwe, | |||
omgeven door lelies.
}} | |||
{{Translator|Anton Hendriks, Ben Terstegge & Hanneke Pot}} | |||
{{mdl|3}} | |||
{{Translation|English| | |||
{{Vs|1}} …How beautiful are thy steps | |||
''in sandals'', O prince's daughter! | |||
''The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, | |||
that are made by the hand of a skillful workman.'' | |||
{{Vs|2}} Thy navel is like a round bowl | |||
never wanting cups. | |||
Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, | |||
set about with lilies.}} | |||
{{Bottom}} | |||
==External links== | |||
==External links== | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 12 September 2021
General information
Motet based on the Song of Solomon 7. It does not seem to have a fixed liturgical text; Palestrina's Motecta festorum totius anni I 4vv assigns one version to the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Settings by composers
- Quam pulchri sunt (Severo Bonino) SSB (Version I)
- Bernardino Morelli SATTB (version I)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- Quam pulchri sunt (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) in Canticum Canticorum, 1584 SSATB (Version II including italicized parts)
- II (correctly ascribed to Victoria instead, see below)
- Quam pulchri sunt III a 4 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) in Motecta festorum totius anni I, 1564 SATB (Version I)
- 2nda parte of Sicut lilium inter spinas II (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) SATTB setting in 1569, Version I
- Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB (Version I)
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Quam pulchri sunt (1584)
Text and translations
Version I
Latin text 1b Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui filia principis |
English translation 1 …How beautiful are thy steps, O prince's daughter! |
Version II
Latin text 1 …quam pulchri sunt gressus tui |
Dutch translation Wat zijn je voeten mooi
|
English translation 1 …How beautiful are thy steps |