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.

Settings by composers

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 John Forest SAT (as below) Jacob Handl SSATB ("…non est in te:veni de Libano, coronaberis." 2nda pars Vulnerasti cor meum) Heinrich Isaac ATTB (as below)

Orlando di Lasso, a 4 SATB (as below) Pierre de Manchicourt SSATBB (2:11 omitted; 4:8a repeated at the end of both partes) Clemens Morel STTB (as below, but Aromata. Dum emim…) Johannes Nucius SSTTB (the greater part of the standard words in a non-standard order) John Plummer ATB or TBB (Latin and English versions available) (text as below) Hieronymus Praetorius SATB.SATB.SATB or ATTBx3 (.abbreviated: ..aromata. Surge…) Ludwig Senfl SATTB (as below) Robert White SATTBB (as below)

Variants (see individual pages)

• Jacobus Clemens non Papa SATB (different; see workpage)
• Jacob Handl (Gallus) SSATB ("…non est in te:veni de Libano, coronaberis." 2nda pars Vulnerasti cor meum)
• Pierre de Manchicourt, Osculetur me uses the first three lines of text below as a cantus firmus in both partes.
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB (different; see workpage)
• Giovanni Battista Riccio ATB & bc (amica mea, colomba…)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giovanni Giacomo Arrigoni — Tota pulchra es
• Floriano Canale — Tota pulchra es
• Nicolas Gombert — Tota pulchra es
• Charles Gounod — Tota pulchra es, CG 108
• Charles Gounod — Tota pulchra es, CG 108a
• Clément Morel — Tota pulchra es
• Ludwig Senfl — Amica mea - Ich stund an einem Morgen
• Ludwig Senfl — Tota pulchra es amica mea
• Claudin de Sermisy — Tota pulchra es
• Gaspar van Weerbeke — Tota pulchra es

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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