Mentre con mille amori (Luca Bati)
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- Editor: Wim Looyestijn (submitted 2018-04-16). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 148 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Mentre con mille amori
Composer: Marco da Gagliano
Lyricist: Anton Francesco Grazzinicreate page
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1605
Description: The first part of the text "Mentre . . . honori" is from a poem by Anton Francesco Grazzini (detto il Lasca). The second part of the text is in honour of Maria de Medici, born as daughter of the granduke of Tuscany, and maried on 17 December 1600 to king Henry IV of France.
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Original text and translations
Italian text
Mentre con mille amori
amore scherza dolcemente e posa
intorno all' amorosa
coppia gentil, degna d' eterni ornori.
Cantiam lieti,
cantare nosco,
vaghe ninfe e pastor
del lido Tosco.