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Ecco il bel lauro verde
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Ecco il bel lauro verde by Luzzasco Luzzaschi — Lyrics
Ecco il bel LAURO verde
Che ogne or mi stà nel core,
E'l Re de miei pensier corona Amore.
Qui spiran dolce L'AURA i miei sospiri,
E van di ramo in ramo
In guisa d'augelletti i miei desiri
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About Ecco il bel lauro verde
Ecco il bel lauro verde paints a tender scene of love and longing. The poet's heart is crowned by the green laurel, the king of his thoughts, where his sighs like gentle breezes blow. His desires flutter like birds from branch to branch, singing of his passions: one burns, the other yearns. This Italian madrigal for SSATTB voices captures the delicate balance between joy and sorrow, as spring smiles among the roses of his loving hopes, even as two rivers of sweet tears flow within him. Luzzasco Luzzaschi, a master of the genre, crafts intricate polyphony to express these complex emotions.
