Mentre il lauro gentil (Claudio Merulo)

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• (Posted 2025-03-05)  CPDL #84080: 

• Original high clefs:       Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 82 kB   

• Transposed down a 5th:     Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 81 kB   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2025-03-05).   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Source files may be found on my github (linked from my CPDL profile).

• (Posted 2016-08-09)  CPDL #40692:          (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2016-08-09).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 325 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down one note from A-minor.

• (Posted 2014-03-04)  CPDL #31409:        (XML)

Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2014-03-04).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 107 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The notes' values, the accidentals and the colourings are as in the original edition. The musica ficta suggestions are in the MIDI and MusicXML files.

General Information

Title: Mentre il lauro gentil
Composer: Claudio Merulo
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1582 in Il Lauro secco (Vittorio Baldini), no. 13
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text

Mentre il lauro gentil da i rami d'oro,
Col suo rezzo, ristoro
Fece à me sol, dal ciel gl'impetrai vita:
Ma poi ch'al caldo altrui porge anco aita,
Non più, non più stia in vita:
Ma gli levi Aquilon freddo ogni aita.