Due rose fresche - Non vede un simil par (Luca Marenzio)

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CPDL #23802:  

Editor: Adam Steele (submitted 2011-06-27).   Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 77 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Parts I and II are in this edition. An intralinear translation is in the edition also.

CPDL #19339:  [ ] 

Editor: Jacques Mirou (submitted 2009-04-25).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: First part: Due rose fresche

CPDL #19340:  [ ] 

Editor: Jacques Mirou (submitted 2009-04-25).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 59 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Second part: Non vede un simil par

General Information

Title: Due rose fresche - Non vede un simil par
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Francesco Petrarca , Canzoniere 245.

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

This sonnet is set by A. Gabrielli as well as others.

Italian text Due rose fresche e colte in paradiso l'altro ieri nascend’il di primo di Maggio Bel dono e d'un amante antico e saggio. Tra due minori egualmente diviso Con dolce parlar e con un riso Da far innamorar un uomo selvaggio Di sfavillante e d'amoroso raggio E l’un e l’altro fe’ cangiare il viso.  "Non vede un simil par d’amanti il Sole." Dicea, ridendo e sospirando insieme E stringendo ambedue, volgeasi attorno. Cosí partia le rose e le parole; Ond’el cor lasso ancor s’allegra e teme: O felice eloquenza! O lieto giorno!

English translation Two fresh roses, gathered in paradise, just now, that opened on the first of May, a lovely gift, divided, by an older, wiser lover between two young lovers, equally, with such sweet speech and with a smile that would make even a savage being love, made each of them change their aspect with its sparkling and amorous rays. (tr. A. S. Kline) "The sun does not behold another such pair of lovers" he said, at once laughing and sighing, pressing both to him and turning toward each. Thus he shared out roses and words which enliven and cause to tremble even a weary heart: O happy eloquence! O glad day! (tr. R. Mix)