Sources used for collation: AnGa-1594; AnGa-1603; Ma-Ga-1614
Other sources: Ka-1601; Ph-1609; Ph-heirs-1632
Measures | Sources – Voices | Variants |
---|---|---|
9 | Ma-Ga-1614 – C |
M c4 not dotted |
12 | Ma-Ga-1614 – C |
last M g4 instead of f4 |
25 | AnGa-1603 – C |
a3 SM instead of F |
Lines | Sources – Voices | Variants |
---|---|---|
2 | verde e | |
3 | Ninf'e | |
4 | Ninf'e | |
6 | Fill'al | |
7 | Aur'al | |
7 | ball'Amori |
Ecco Maggio seren, chi l’ha vestito
Giovanni Battista Strozzi the Elder
Madrigal: AbbAacC
Ecco Maggio seren, chi l’ha vestito | Behold serene May, who has clad him | |
Di sì bel verd’e giallo? | in such lovely green and yellow? | |
Ninfe e Pastori al ballo! | Nymphs and Shepherds, to the dance! | |
Al ballo, Ninfe e Dii, per ogni lito! | To the dance, Nymphs and Gods, on every shore! | |
5 | Ecco Maggio fiorito; | Behold flowery May: |
Filli al ballo e tu Clori, | to the dance, Phyllis, and you, Chloris, | |
Grazie al ballo, al ball’Aure, al ballo Amori! | to the dance, O Graces, to the dance, O Zephyrs, to the dance, O Cupids! |
English translations of madrigal texts based with permission on those by Kathryn Bosi, The complete five voice madrigals: for mixed voices / IV, The sixth and seventh books. New York: Gaudia Music and Arts, 1996.
Giovanni Battista Strozzi, Madrigali, ed. Lorenzo and Filippo Strozzi, Florence: Sermatelli, 1593; Ghilranda [sic] dell’aurora, scelta di madrigali de’ più famosi autori di questo secolo, ed. Pietro Petracci, Venice: B. Giunti and G.B. Ciotti, 1609. See Chater, “Family Matters”, 129. Chater also lists the principal manuscript sources for this piece, originally written for a “Calendimaggio”.