This edition was prepared by André Vierendeels — free to download, print, rehearse and perform.
Cinto il sole
Staff Notation • Secular, Lute songs
Preview
0
0
Subscribed as
Want Sunday picks sent to another address too?
Free weekly email
Your choir should not be left out in what's trending
Sunday mass selections, psalms, and trending songs in your area — straight to your inbox.
Cinto il sole by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger — Lyrics
Cinto il sole di rai
dal mar un giorno usci,
ne più superbo mai
su'l cielo n'appari.
Sdegnoso il tesor
Tronco del crin d'or,
scorto ch'in terra
splende a gli egual
Pompa mortal.
Vide il fasto terreno
vestir perl'e rubin
e vie del sol non meno
mostrar dorato il crin.
Del vanto mortal
e con le fiamme
che d'ira uni
accese il ciel.
Read full lyrics
About Cinto il sole
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger was a celebrated composer and lutenist of the early Baroque. This secular song, Cinto il sole, is set for two voices, soprano and bass. The Italian text presents a vivid personification of the sun, angered by the vanity of mortal displays. It describes the sun emerging from the sea, scornful of earthly pomp and human pride, its radiant hair dimmed by the sight of worldly riches. The sun's wrath is depicted through flashes of lightning and celestial fire, causing flowers to wilt and the lily to lose its colour. Only the rose, burning with its own ardour, retains the blush of the sun's heat, as the sun once again appears, declaring all earthly glory to be fleeting.
