Quam pulchra es - Appenzeller, Benedictus

"Source: Susato, Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum 5 vocum, Antwerp, 1546. The Tenor part is of the nature of a cantus firmus, but curiously is headed 'Resolutio' in the partbook, as if it were a following canonic voice. However, it clearly enters at the beginning of the first bar, and there is nothing else to indicate that the work is intended to include a sixth voice part."

⌛ Period → Renaissance

◈ Genre / Form Motets

♯ Key E minor

⁄ Time Signature 2/1

♬ Voicing → STTTB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate (Grade 3-4)

↕ Range G2 – D5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 85

Texture mixed texture

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 7

CPDL # 60594

Editor Mick Swithinbank

Posted 2020-09-16

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Superius (G2)

B3 – D5

Contra tenor (C2)

D3 – G4

Quinta pars (C3)

A2 – E4

Tenor (C3)

E3 – F#4

Bassus (F3)

G2 – B3

¶Lyrics / Text

Quam pulchra es amica mea, quam pulchra es et quam decora, carissima in deliciis. Statura tua assimilata est platano, et ubera tua botris. Caput tuum ut Carmelus, collum tuum sicut turris eburnea. Veni, veni electa mea, sponsa mea, veni soror mea, veni et coronaberis.

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