Mentre l'un polo intorno (Alessandro Striggio)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-10-22). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Transposed down a 4th
- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2023-10-22). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Original high clefs
General Information
Title: Mentre l'un polo intorno
Composer: Alessandro Striggio
Lyricist: Giovanni Battista Strozzi
Number of voices: 8vv Voicings: SSAAAABB or SSTTTTBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1579 in Trionfo de Musica (ed. Tiburtio Massaino), no. 21
Description: This madrigal celebrates the wedding of Francesco Medici to Bianca Cappello in 1579. The text, by Giovan Battista Strozzi the elder, was originally written for the coronation of Cosimo Medici I as the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was modified slightly for the newer occasion.
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Mentre l'un polo intorno
o l'altro roterà l'accesa schiera;
Mentre sia primavera
di rose o l'altro di bei pomi adorno
e mentre verrà il giorno
dopo la notte o dop'il dì la sera
sempre la terra e'l mare
sempre BIANCA s'udrà, BIANCA sonare.