Quam pulchra es (Giovanni Rovetta)

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• (Posted 2009-05-16)  CPDL #19497: 

Editor: Shaun Pirttijarvi (submitted 2009-05-15).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 168 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Critical Edition, with six pages of commentary and notes, besides the six pages of the score.

General Information

Title: Quam pulchra es
Composer: Giovanni Rovetta

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SA

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

Published: Motetti Concertati Op. 3 (Venice 1635)

Description: ‘Quam pulchra es’ is a duet-motet, first published in 1635 and the last in a book of motets for two voices. The text is adapted from the fourth chapter of the Song of Solomon, found in the Old Testament.

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Canticum Canticorum, vv.4-5
4:1  quam pulchra es amica mea quam pulchra es; oculi tui columbarum absque eo quod intrinsecus latet; capilli tui sicut greges caprarum […]
4:2  dentes tui sicut greges tonsarum […]
4:3  sicut vitta coccinea labia tua, et eloquium tuum dulce […]
4:9  vulnerasti cor meum, soror, mea sponsa; vulnerasti cor meum […]
4:11  favus distillans labia tua sponsa mea; mel et lac sub lingua tua […]
5:8  […] quia amore langueo.
4:1  Quam pulchra es amica mea, quam pulchra es. Alleluia.