Comme la tourterelle (Philippe de Monte)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2015-02-11). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 71 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Comme la tourterelle
Composer: Philippe de Monte
Lyricist: Pierre de Ronsard
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSAAT (or AATTB)
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1575
Description: From de Monte's collection of settings from Ronsard, Louvain, 1575. This edition is offered at the published pitch (high chiavette) for SSAAT or transposed down a fourth for AATTB.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Comme la tourterelle languit jusque à la mort |
English translation Like as the turtle dove languishes until death |