O stellae coruscantes (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• (Posted 2022-02-28)  CPDL #68179:      (MuseScore)

Editor: Holt Skinner (submitted 2022-02-28).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 115 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Edits made to CPDL #19040 for legibility, corrected text/accidentals, and syllabic stress.

• (Posted 2009-04-25)  CPDL #19040: 

Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-03-13).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Germany

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: O stellae coruscantes
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Aquilino Coppini

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: ca. 1607
Description: Monteverdi's original title of this madrigal was Sfogava con le stelle. Aquilino Coppini's Latin poem "O stellae coruscantes" is a sacred contrafactum.

Original text and translations

Latin text O stellae coruscantes, ornamenta coelorum que cecas tenebras illuminatis, o pure Sol, o luna, o imagines almae illius quem adoro, illius qui vos fecit, et jubare lucentes, benedicite Deo et collaudate eum qui volubilitatem qui splendorem orbibus vestris dedit vos eum laudate in aeternum.

Spanish translation Oh, estrellas centelleantes, adornos de los cielos que ilumináis las oscuras tinieblas, oh, claro sol, oh, luna oh, dulces imágenes del que adoro, de Aquél que os hizo, vosotras que brilláis como luces bendecid a Dios y colmadlo de alabanzas, a Él, que ha dado a vuestros círculos el resplandor y el movimiento vosotras alabadlo eternamente.

German translation O funkelnde Sterne, des Himmels Zier, die ihr die finstre Nacht erhellt. O klare Sonne, o Mond, o holde Abbilder dessen, den ich anbete. Gleichwohl, ihr leuchtenden Gestirne, lobet Gott und rühmt ihn, der eurer Kreisbewegung, (der) euren Umlaufbahnen Glanz verleiht, lobt ihn in Ewigkeit.