Quam pulchra es (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- CPDL #17253:
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-22). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 73 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 8 KB, Finale 2006: 31 KB.
- CPDL #01909:
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- Transposed down a fourth, Letter size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto parts are in tenor clef)
- Transposed down a fourth, A4 size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto parts are in tenor clef)
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2000-12-15). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 126 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch (high chiavette), note-values halved.
General Information
Title: Quam pulchra es
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Source of text: Song of Solomon 7:6–8
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1584, Motettorum liber quartus ex Canticis canticorum, 5vv Rome
Description: Number 27 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon'
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Canticum Canticorum
7:6 Quam pulchra es et quam decora, carissima, in deliciis!
7:7 Statura tua adsimilata est palmæ, et ubera tua botris.
7:8 Dixi: Ascendam in palmam et apprehendam fructus eius; et erunt ubera tua sicut botri vineæ et odor oris tui sicut malorum
English translation
How fair and pleasant you are, O loved one, in delights!
This your stature is as a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.
I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its branches.
O may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples.