Cantate, Ninfe leggiadrette e belle (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2020-05-14)  CPDL #58610:     

Editor: Marcos Mato (submitted 2020-05-14).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 61 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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• (Posted 2018-11-14)  CPDL #51963:     

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 99 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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General Information

Title: Cantate, Ninfe leggiadrette e belle
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1581 in Il primo libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 13
    2nd published: 1589 in Gemmae musicalis Liber Secundus, no. 22
    3rd published: 1594 in Madrigali a sei voci in un corpo ridotti, no. 59
    4th published: 1609 in Hortus musicalis (ed. Michael Herrer) – sacred contrafact, Book 2, no. 36
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Italian text

Cantate, Ninfe leggiadrette e belle,
I miei novelli ardori
E scherzate e ridete insieme Amori
Con la mia Filli in queste parti e in quello;
Cantate e di piacer gioite tutti,
C'ho d'amor colto i desiati frutti.