Surgam et circuibo civitatem (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- CPDL #17244: Finale 2006
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-19). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 63 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 63 KB, MIDI: 7 KB, Finale 2006: 26 KB.
- CPDL #02677:
- Original pitch, Letter size: [ ] [ Finale 2002]
- Original pitch, A4 size: [ ] [ ]
- Transposed down a fourth, Letter size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto part is in tenor clef)
- Transposed down a fourth, A4 size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto part is in tenor clef)
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2001-05-11). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 114 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch (high chiavette), note-values halved.
General Information
Title: Surgam et circuibo civitatem
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1584, Motettorum liber quartus ex Canticis canticorum, 5vv Rome
Description: Number 18 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 3 - Verse 2.
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Original text and translations
Song of Solomon 3:2
Latin text
- Surgam et circuibo civitatem
- per vicos et plateas,
- quaeram quem diligit anima mea,
- quaesivi illum et non inveni.
English translation
- I will rise and go about the city,
- in the streets and in the squares;
- I will seek him whom my soul loves.
- I sought him, but found him not.