I più candidi gigli (Ruggiero Giovannelli)

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• (Posted 2025-09-07)  CPDL #86687: 

• Original high clefs:       Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 80 kB   

• Transposed down a 4th:     Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 79 kB   

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2025-09-07).   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Source files may be found on my github, and parts are available on my own site (both linked from my CPDL profile).

• (Posted 2020-05-05)  CPDL #58468:       

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2020-05-05).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 285 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: I più candidi gigli
Composer: Ruggiero Giovannelli
Lyricist:

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

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1586 in Il primo libro de Madrigali a cinque voci, no. 8
Description: 

Original text and translations

Italian text I più candidi gigli ancor non colti vince la bianca mano; fiammeggi l'oro invano al par de' bei capegli all'aura sciolti; alla rosa son tolti i color delle guance delicate, ma le luci beate, col folgorar intorno, rendono oscuro il sol a mezzogiorno.

English translation Her white hand surpasses the whitest lilies not yet picked; gold gleams in vain to compare with her lovely hair loosed in the breeze; from the rose are taken the colors of her delicate cheeks, but her blessed eyes [lit. lights], by their flashing about, make dark the sun at midday. Translation by Allen Garvin