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==General Information==
==General Information==
<b>Title:</b> <i>Ecce tu pulcher es</i><br>
<b>Title:</b> <i>Ecce tu pulcher es</i><br>
<b>Composer:</b> [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]]<br>
{{Composer|Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina}}


<b>Number of voices:</b> 5vv&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> SATTB<br>
{{Voicing|5|SATTB|SATTB}}<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Motets|Motets]] <br>
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Sacred| music}}, {{pcat|Motet|s}}<br>
{{Language|Latin}}
{{Language|Latin}}
{{a cappella}}
{{a cappella}}
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<b>Description:</b> Number 8 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 1 - Verses 16 through Chapter 2 - Verse 1. <br>
<b>Description:</b> Number 8 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon'. <br>
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<b>External websites: </b>
<b>External websites: </b>
*[http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/Bible/Song_of_Solomon.html Texts of all the "Songs of Solomon" in English].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs Wikipedia's article on the "Songs of Solomon"].
*[[Canticum_Canticorum_%28Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina%29 |All of Palestrina's "Canticum Canticorum" can be found here]].




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{{Text|Latin}}
{{Text|Latin}}
Ecce tu pulcher es dilecte mi et decorus.<br>
:Ecce tu pulcher es dilecte mi et decorus.<br>
Lectulus noster floridus, tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina, laquearia cupressina.<br>
:Lectulus noster floridus,  
Ego flos campi et lilium convallium.
:tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina,  
:laquearia cupressina.
:Ego flos campi et lilium convallium.
<br>


{{Translation|English}}
{{Translation|English}}


<i>
<i>
Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely.<br>
:Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely.<br>
Our bed is flourishing. The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees.<br>
:Our bed is flourishing.
I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys.</i>
:The beams of our houses are of cedar,  
:our rafters of cypress trees.
:I am the flower of the field,  
:and the lily of the valleys.
</i>
 





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General Information

Title: Ecce tu pulcher es
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Palestrina Werke, vol. 4


Description: Number 8 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 1 - Verses 16 through Chapter 2 - Verse 1.


External websites:


Original text and translations

Song of Solomon 1:16–2:1

Latin.png Latin text

Ecce tu pulcher es dilecte mi et decorus.
Lectulus noster floridus,
tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina,
laquearia cupressina.
Ego flos campi et lilium convallium.


English.png English translation

Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely.
Our bed is flourishing.
The beams of our houses are of cedar,
our rafters of cypress trees.
I am the flower of the field,
and the lily of the valleys.