Poet/poetic source: Anonymous poet
Poetic form/text type: madrigal
Music composer: Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (c.1535-1592)
Music source: Il primo libro di madregali a 4 voci (Angelo Gardano press, Venice, 1578)
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Qual grazia o qual beltate infuse mai dal ciel benigna stella nelle cose create? Qual interna bontate un'alma rese mai sì adorna e bella in questa o in altra etade, ch'agguagli il bello che, entr'e fuor, dimostra questa vaga e gentil signora nostra? |
What grace and what beauty did a benign star of the heavens ever pour into created works? What inner goodness ever made a soul so adorned and beautiful In this or any other age, that may equal the beauty that, within or without, this fair and noble lady of ours shows? |