Leggiadre Ninfe (Luca Marenzio)

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• (Posted 2022-12-05)  CPDL #71800:         

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2022-12-05).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 88 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2018-02-02)  CPDL #48654:        (Finale 2014)

Editor: Wim Looyestijn (submitted 2018-02-02).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 149 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This madrigal is part 6 from "Il Trionfo di Dori", a series of 29 madrigals by various composers and poets, all ending with the exclamation "Viva la bella Dori". English translation adopted from Tactus. Dutch translation by editor.

• (Posted 2017-09-11)  CPDL #46320:         (Finale 2014)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2017-09-11).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 413 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up one note from F.

General Information

Title: Leggiadre Ninfe
Composer: Luca Marenzio
Lyricist: Monsignor Lorenzo Guicciardi^{create page}

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1591 in Il quinto libro de madrigali a sei voci, no. 3
    2nd published: 1592 in Il Trionfo di Dori, no. 6
    3rd published: 1594 in Madrigali a sei voci in un corpo ridotti, no. 72
    4th published: 1605 in Nervi d'Orfeo, no. 79
    5th published: 1609 in Hortus musicalis (ed. Michael Herrer) – sacred contrafact, Book 2, no. 25
Description: Vos omnes sancti is a sacred contrafact of this work by Simone Molinaro, published in his Fatiche Spirituali of 1610.

Original text and translations

Italian text Leggiadre Ninfe e Pastorelli amanti, Che con lieti sembianti, In quest' ombrosa valle all' onde chiare, Divino fonte hoggi vi trasse Amore, A scieglier fior da fiore, Per tesser ghirlandette e coronare, La mia Ninfa gentile, Mentre vezzosi Satiri e Silvani, Ne i lor' habiti strani, Danzan con mod' humile, Voi cantate spargend' e rose e fiori, Viva la bella Dori.

English translation Graceful nymphs and loving young shepherds, with what happy countenance in this shady vale by the clear ripples of this sprightly font, Cupid drew you today to choose flower by flower, to weave little garlands, and to crown my gentle nymph. While charming satyrs and sylvans in their strange dress dance with modest mien, you sing, scattering roses and flowers: “Long live fair Dori!”.

Dutch translation Sierlijke nimfen en herders, geliefden met blije blik, Amor heeft jullie naar dit schaduwrijke dal bij de helder klaterende bron getrokken om slingers te weven, en mijn lieve nimf te kronen. Terwijl gratieuze saters en bosgeesten in hun vreemde uitdorsing op ingetogen wijze dansen, zingen jullie, rozen en bloemen strooiend: "Lang leve de schone Dori!"