O del sacro Ipocrene (Giovanni Piccioni)

Music files

**L E G E N D**
ICON	SOURCE
	Pdf
	Midi
	MusicXML
	File details
	Help

(Posted 2021-03-02) CPDL #63265:

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2021-03-02). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 356 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: O del sacro Ipocrene
Composer: Giovanni Piccioni
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1602 in Il pastor fido; Il sesto libro di madrigali a cinque voci (Giovanni Piccioni), no. 16
Description: The Hyppocrene is a a well on the mountain Helicon that supplies the inspiration for poets and singers. The well was created by the hoofs of Pegasus.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Italian text

O del sacro Ipocrene,
Dottissime Sirene,
Che d'intorno
A le purissim'onde
Ite scherzando,
Veniten' hor cantand'à far soggiorno,
Ove di Lauri e Mirti,
Novella schiera d'amorosi spirti,
Sen van lieti trecciando,
Ricchissime ghirlande,
Et ove ardenti
Mille udiranti poi soavi accenti.