Tota pulchra es, amica mea

General information

Frequently set text from Song of Solomon 4:7,11; 2:11–13; 4:8. See also Tota pulchra es Maria.

Notes on selected settings

Anonymous MS Royal 8.g.vii ATTB vv? Trium vocum cantiones 1541 STB vv1-3, "Secunda pars: Iam enim hyems" Giulio Belli SAATB vv1-3 and without break continuing "Surge propera…coronaberis." Cornelius Canis ATTTB vv1-3 Jacobus Clemens non Papa SATB (similar but liturgically unrelated; see workpage) Jacob Handl (Gallus) SSATB ("…non est in te:veni de Libano, coronaberis." 2nda pars Vulnerasti cor meum) Orlando di Lasso, a 4 SATB (as below) Pierre de Manchicourt SSATBB (2:11 omitted; 4:8a repeated at the end of both partes)

Pierre de Manchicourt, Osculetur me SSATBB or SSATTB Uses the first three lines of text below as a cantus firmus in both partes. Clemens Morel STTB (as below, but Aromata. Dum emim…) Jean Mouton TBarBarB (v 4:7 only) Johannes Nucius SSTTB (the greater part of the standard words in a non-standard order) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB (different; see workpage) John Plummer ATB or TBB (Latin and English versions available) (text as below) Hieronymus Praetorius SATB.SATB.SATB or ATTBx3 (.abbreviated: ..aromata. Surge…) Giovanni Battista Riccio ATB & bc (amica mea, colomba…)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Tota pulchra es (1541)  Latin STB
• Anonymous — Tota pulchra es (MS Royal 8.g.vii)  Latin STTB,ATBB
• Giovanni Giacomo Arrigoni — Tota pulchra es  Latin S
• Giulio Belli — Tota pulchra es  Latin SSATB
• Floriano Canale — Tota pulchra es  Latin SAATTB
• Cornelius Canis — Tota pulchra es  Latin SAATB
• John Forest — Tota pulchra es a 3  Latin SAT
• Nicolas Gombert — Tota pulchra es  Latin SATTB
• Charles Gounod — Tota pulchra es, CG 108  Latin SS, TB
• Charles Gounod — Tota pulchra es, CG 108a  Latin SATB
• Guillaume Le Heurteur — Tota pulchra es - Quam pulchrae sunt  Latin SATB
• Heinrich Isaac — Tota pulchra a 4  Latin ATTB,SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Tota pulchra es a 4  Latin SATB
• Pieter Maessens — Tota pulchra es  Latin SAAAA
• Pierre de Manchicourt — Tota pulchra es, amica mea  Latin SSATBB,SATTBB,AATTBB
• Clément Morel — Tota pulchra es  Latin STTB, SATB
• Johannes Nucius — Tota pulchra es, amica mea  Latin SSTTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Tota pulchra es  Latin SATTB
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Tota pulchra es  Latin SATTB,ATTTB
• John Plummer — Tota pulchra es  2 ATB, TBB
• Hieronymus Praetorius — Tota pulchra es a 12  Latin 
• Ludwig Senfl — Amica mea - Ich stund an einem Morgen  German SATTB
• Ludwig Senfl — Tota pulchra es  Latin SATTB
• Ludwig Senfl — Tota pulchra es amica mea  Latin SATB
• Claudin de Sermisy — Tota pulchra es  Latin STTB
• Gaspar van Weerbeke — Tota pulchra es  Latin SATB
• Robert White — Tota pulchra es  Latin SATTBB

Text and translations

Latin text 4:7  Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te; 4:11a  favus distillans labia tua; mel et lac sub lingua tua; 4:10b  odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata: 2:11  jam enim hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit. 4:12a  Flores apparuerunt; 4:13b  vineae florentes odorem dederunt, 4:12b  et vox turturis audita est in terra nostra: 4:10b  surge, propera, amica mea: 4:8a  veni de Libano, veni, coronaberis. Dutch translation [Hij:] Alles is mooi aan jou, mijn vriendin, er is geen vlekje aan je te bekennen. Kom mee, weg uit de Libanon, mijn bruid; kom mee, weg uit de Libanon, kom mee, ik zal je een krans omhangen. Kom omlaag van de top van de Amana, van de top van de Sanir en de Hermon, weg van de leeuwenholen en de bergen waar panters zijn. Translation by Anton Hendriks, Ben Terstegge & Hanneke Pot

English translation 4:7  You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. 4:11a  Your lips distill nectar; honey and milk are under your tongue; 4:10b  the scent of your perfumes is beyond all spices. 2:11  For now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 4:12a  The flowers have appeared; 4:13b  the flowering vines have given forth their fragrance, 4:12b  and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land. 4:10b  Arise, my love, my fair one; 4:8a  come from Lebanon, come, you will be crowned. English translation 4:7  Thou art wholly fair, my love, nor is there any stain in thee; 4:11a  thy lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; 4:10b  the scent of thy perfumes is beyond all spices; 2:11  for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 4:12a  The flowers have appeared; 4:13b  the flourishing vineyards have given forth their fragrance 4:12b  and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land. 4:10b  Arise, my love, my fair one: 4:8a  come from Lebanon, come, thou shalt be crowned.

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