Rotava et e pur ver (Orlando di Lasso)

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• CPDL #29923:  Finale 2008

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-08-22).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Rotava et e pur
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATT

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1555, in Lasso's first publication, Le quatoirsiesme livre a 4 parties.

Description: This is the third part of the six-part madrigal set that opens Orlando di Lasso's first publication. The full set:

1. Del freddo Rheno
2. Ch'il credera
3. Rotava et e pur ver
4. Si fe cristallo
5. Et io qual fui
6. Hor su la nuda terra

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Original text and translations

See the text and translation for full poem at: Del freddo Rheno a la sinistra riva.

Italian text Third stanza: Rotava, et e pur ver, di puro foco, il volto amor nell'uno e l'altro sole; da sirena di dio sciolse la voce, mass' il passo da dea per quella riva, risa al suo riso l'aria, e uscir dell'herbe, fiati e sospiri in più tranquillo stato.

English translation Third stanza: She turned, and, this is true, with purest fire her loving face shone on both riverbanks; like a divine siren she lifted her voice, and moved with godlike steps on yonder bank, the air laughed to her laugh, and from the grass a breath and sigh came, in most tranquil state.