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Ben qui si mostra il ciel
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Ben qui si mostra il ciel by Cipriano de Rore — Lyrics
Ben qui si mostra il ciel vago e sereno,
E qui ridon le rose e i lieti fiori,
Spirando amanti odori,
Destan gli augelli a dolce canto ameno.
Ma ria ventur'al fin lasso, ne sorge,
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About Ben qui si mostra il ciel
Cipriano de Rore paints a deceptive scene of idyllic beauty in this secular Italian madrigal for SATB voices. The opening lines evoke a sky vibrant and clear, roses and flowers smiling, and birds singing sweetly. However, the poem reveals a hidden danger: love, depicted as a serpent, silently weaves its way through the flowers and grasses. This hidden threat offers a sweetness so potent that the heart, filled with longing, languishes and dies. Rore's music captures the contrast between the apparent beauty and the underlying peril, a hallmark of the Renaissance madrigal tradition.
