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L'alba cui dolci et pargoletti amori
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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L'alba cui dolci et pargoletti amori by Giaches de Wert — Lyrics
L'alba cui dolci et pargoletti amori
Di ligustri, di gigli e bianchi fiori
Cingean il crin d'intorno
Lieta portand'a le campagn'il giorno
L'alba ch'il puro latte
Candida vinse con le nev'intatte
L'alba con capei d'oro, et che le stelle
Vincea di lum'e fea parer men belle
L'alba di giaccio e bianco marmo fuore
Ma dentro tutta fuoc'e tutt'ardore,
Con gli occhi di zafir'anzi di sole,
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About L'alba cui dolci et pargoletti amori
Giaches de Wert was a highly regarded composer of madrigals in the late 16th century. This secular Italian work, L'alba cui dolci et pargoletti amori, is written for SATTB voices. The text describes dawn, personified as a beautiful woman adorned with flowers, whose radiance outshines the stars. She then calls to a shepherd, inviting him to enjoy the serene beauty of the landscape and her company, promising to bind him with love and a sweet blush of shame. Wert's setting would have captured the imagery and pastoral mood of the poem through expressive vocal writing.
