Qual si può dir maggiore (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2021-10-03)  CPDL #66034:       

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2021-10-03).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 104 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Version 1.1 - First part repeated, minor corrections

• (Posted 2021-10-03)  CPDL #66035:       

Editor: Peter Rottländer (submitted 2021-10-03).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 103 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed one octave down for male voices. Version 1.1 - First part repeated, minor corrections

• (Posted 2003-04-22)  CPDL #04807: 

Editor: Tobias Schoelkopf (submitted 2003-04-22).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 29 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Canzonette Nr. 1.

General Information

Title: Qual si può dir maggiore
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSA
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Canzonette a tre voci, no. 1
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Original text and translations

Italian text

Qual si puo dir maggiore
Pianta dal ciel discesa e in terra nata.
Ch’ ambrosia dolce tanto delicata.

Ma se in un verde ramo
Si vedon le virtud' insieme a gara
Unirsi e a tutti dar vivanda rara.

Ben è forza ch'io dica,
Che dalla sue virtù altro non piove
Sol Ambrosia del Ciel detta da Giove.