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Come il candido pie
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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Come il candido pie by Philippe de Monte — Lyrics
Come il candido piè per l’erba fresca
I dolci passi onestamente move
virtù ch'intorno i fior apre e rinove
de le tenere piante sue par ch'esca,
Amor che solo i cor leggiadro invesca
né degna di provar sua forza altrove
da begli occhi un piacer sì caldo piove
ch'i non curo altro ben né bramo altro esca.
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About Come il candido pie
This Italian madrigal by Philippe de Monte paints a vivid picture of beauty and love. The text describes a graceful woman whose every movement, from her steps on fresh grass to her gentle gaze and sweet words, inspires a profound love in the narrator. Her virtue seems to renew the very flowers around her, and from her eyes, a warmth pours forth that consumes him. He finds himself so captivated by this 'great fire' that he feels like a nocturnal bird, unable to bear the brightness of the sun. Composed for SAATB voices, this secular Renaissance part-music would suit a concert programme aiming to capture the exquisite flowering of textual and musical expression of the era.
