Si ignoras te (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• (Posted 2019-06-28)  CPDL #54639:       

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2019-06-28).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

• (Posted 2017-06-26)  CPDL #45176:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-06-26).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #2667, transposed down a major 2nd. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• (Posted 2016-05-02)  CPDL #39517: 

Original pitch:    

Transposed down a fourth:    

Last revised: 2016-05-18

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2016-05-02).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 60 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print (based on 1587 edition), Mensurstrich layout, original key signature and note values, musica ficta clearly marked

• CPDL #17231:      (Finale 2006)

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 71 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: File Sizes: MIDI: 8 KB, Finale 2006: 30 KB.

• CPDL #02667: 

Original pitch, Letter size: 05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_letter.pdf  05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_letter.mus(Finale 2002)

Original pitch, A4 size: 05_-_Si_ignoras_te.pdf  05_-_Si_ignoras_te.mxl  05_-_Si_ignoras_te.mus(Finale 2002)

Transposed down a note, A4 size: 05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_down_a_note.pdf  05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_down_a_note.mus(Finale 2002)

Transposed down a fourth, Letter size: 05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_transposed_down_a_fourth_-_letter.pdf  05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_transposed_down_a_fourth_-_letter.mus(Finale 2002) (Alto part is in tenor clef)

Transposed down a fourth, A4 size: 05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_transposed_down_a_fourth.pdf  05_-_Si_ignoras_te_-_transposed_down_a_fourth.mus(Finale 2002) (Alto part is in tenor clef)

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2001-05-11).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 121 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original pitch (high chiavette), note-values halved. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Si ignoras te
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Source of lyrics: Song of Solomon 1:8–9

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1587 in Canticum Canticorum, no. 5

Description: From 'Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon.

External websites:

• Texts of all the "Songs of Solomon" in English
• Wikipedia's article on the "Songs of Solomon"

Original text and translations

Latin text Si ignoras te, o pulchra inter mulieres, egredere et abi post vestigia gregum tuorum et pasce haedos tuos iuxta tabernacula pastorum. Equitatui meo in curribus Pharaonis adsimilavi te amica mea.

English translation If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents. I compare you, my love, to my company of horsemen among Pharoah's chariots.

Dutch translation [Hij:] Als je dat niet weet, o mooiste onder de vrouwen, trek er dan op uit en volg de sporen van je kudden en weid je geitjes bij de hutten van de herders. Met de paardenspan voor de wagens van de Farao vergelijk ik je, mijn vriendin. Translation by Anton Hendriks, Ben Terstegge & Hanneke Pot