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Cresci, bel, verde Alloro
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Cresci, bel, verde Alloro by Leonard Meldert — Lyrics
Cresci, bel, verde Alloro,
E dove il primo è svelto, secco,e frale?
Vivi d'amor, di fè sempre immortale.
Ecco di primavera April, che dice,
Cresci pianta felice,
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About Cresci, bel, verde Alloro
Leonard Meldert's Cresci, bel, verde Alloro is a secular Italian madrigal for SSATTB voices. This genre of Renaissance part-music often explored complex vocal textures and expressive text setting. The lyrics here speak of the laurel tree's eternal life, contrasting it with the fleeting nature of other plants, and invoking springtime, nymphs, muses, and singing swans. It describes a triumphant laurel, destined to live forever through love and faith, creating a rich poetic image for the composer to explore through his polychoral writing.
