Diffugere nives - Lechner, Leonhard

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"The setting of an Horatian Ode, concerning the return of spring, contained in Lechner's Sacrarum cantionum, book 2; probably better considered as a secular madrigal. The translation by Christopher Smart was highly regarded in its day."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Madrigals ♬ Voicing → SATTB ¶ Language → Latin

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 87571

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2025-11-28

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Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis Arboribusque comae; Mutat terra vices et decrescentia ripas Flumina praetereunt; Gratia cum nymphis geminisque sororibus audet Ducere nuda choros. Immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almum Quae rapit hora diem.