Quam pulchra es (John Dunstable)

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• (Posted 2019-02-04)  CPDL #53156:   

Editor: Mark Szabó (submitted 2019-02-04).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 284 kB   Copyright: Personal

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• (Posted 2018-02-20)  CPDL #48876:         

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Edition notes: Reformatting of #16005, with minor adjustments to the underlay, and to slurring.

• (Posted 2011-03-12)  CPDL #23261:     

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• (Posted 2004-11-30)  CPDL #08649:  PDF, MIDI, & LilyPond files

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Edition notes: individual parts available as midi files. also available as Postscript file.

General Information

Title: Quam pulchra es
Composer: John Dunstable

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: ATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

Latin text Canticum Canticorum 7:6  Quam pulchra es et quam decora carissima in deliciis 7:7  Statura tua assimilata est palmæ, et ubera tua botris 7:5  caput tuum ut carmelus… 7:4  collum tuum sicut turris eburnea… 7:11  Veni dilecte mi; egrediamur in agrum… 7:12  …et videamus… si flores fructus parturiunt, si floruerunt mala punica. Ibi dabo tibi ubera mea. Alleluia.

English translation How beautiful and fair you are, my beloved, most sweet in your delights. Your stature is like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like fruit. Your head is like Mount Carmel and your neck is like a tower of ivory. Come, my beloved, let us go into the fields and see if the blossoms have born fruit, and if the pomegranates have flowered. There will I give my breasts to you. Alleluia.