Cresci, pianta novella (Costanzo Porta)

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(Posted 2021-11-29) CPDL #66944:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2021-11-29). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 166 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth for SSTTTB because of the chiavette used

(Posted 2021-05-29) CPDL #64570:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2021-05-29). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 166 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original pitch

General Information

Title: Cresci, pianta novella
Composer: Costanzo Porta
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1583 in Il Lauro verde, Edition 1, no. 2
2nd published: 1591 in Il Lauro verde, Edition 2, no. 2
3rd published: 1593 in Il Lauro verde, Edition 3, no. 2
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Cresci, pianta novella,
Sacrata al chiaro Dio,
Nel fecondo terren del pensier mio;
Che del Ciel‘ ogni stella
Con suoi benigni aspetti
Sia conforme à‘ miei detti:
A la dolce ombra de‘ tuoi rami santi
Goda il più fido de‘fedeli amanti:
E dietro à queste sponde
Ogni leggiadra Ninfa, ogni pastore
Brami cingersi il crin de la tua fronde;
Poiche novello Amore
T‘inesta nel mio core.

German translation

Wachse, neue Pflanze,
heilig dem lichten Gott,
im fruchtbaren Gebiet meiner Gedanken;
jeder Stern des Himmels
möge mit seinen günstigen Aspekten
einig sein mit meinen Worten:
im süßen Schatten deiner heiligen Zweige
erfreue dich des treuesten aller treuen Geliebten:
und hinter jenen Ufern wünsche
jede hübsche Nymphe, jeder Hirte
sich das Haar mit deinem Laub zu bekränzen;
denn neue Liebe
pflanzt dich ein in meinem Herzen.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation

Grow, new plant,
sacred to the lightful God,
in the fertile soil of my thoughts;
every star in heaven
with its favourable aspects
shall conform to my words:
in the sweet shade of your sacred boughs
enjoy the most faithful of true lovers:
and behind these banks
each pretty nymph, each shepherd
shall desire to crown the locks with your leaves;
for new love
implants you in my heart.