Scendesti dalle stelle (Giovanni Cavaccio)

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• (Posted 2021-04-14)  CPDL #64049:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-04-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 305 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Scendesti dalle stelle
Composer: Giovanni Cavaccio
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1606 in Il Helicone, no. 36
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Italian text

Scendesti dalle stelle,
chiar'e candido moro
v'godevi in mirar, cose si belle,
Et hor del verd'Alloro,
Raccogli su le cime,
Ape sacra e sublime,
di virtute i preggiati eterni fiori,
Onde te stesso adorn'e'l mondo infiori.