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Donò Licori à Tirsi
Staff Notation • Secular, Madrigals
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Donò Licori à Tirsi by Giovanni Bernardo Colombi — Lyrics
Donò Licori à Bacco
Una rosa, cred'io, di paradiso;
E sì vermiglia in viso
Donandola si fece, e sì vezzosa,
Che parea rosa, che donasse rosa.
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About Donò Licori à Tirsi
Giovanni Bernardo Colombi was a composer of Italian madrigals, a secular genre of polyphonic vocal music that flourished during the Renaissance. His SSATB setting of Donò Licori à Tirsi showcases this tradition with its intricate vocal interplay and expressive harmonic language. The text, a charming pastoral dialogue, speaks of a shepherd, Tirsi, offering a rose to the god Bacchus. The beauty of the giver is so striking that she seems to offer a rose while being a rose herself. Tirsi, overwhelmed by her loveliness, sighs that he is unworthy to receive such a precious gift, contemplating the divine nature of the giver and her offering.
