M006 Tota pulchra es

Standardised text incipit: 
Tota pulchra es
Standardised composer: 
Attribution notes: 
"F. G." (I-Mfd 1)
In cycle(s): 
Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 70v-71r
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 

Length: 
55
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c2c3c4
Final: 
G
Music incipit: 
gabgaggf
..defded
...gbcdb
gbcdbcba
Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti): 
Modern editions: 
AMMM 5, 34-37; MM 1, 196-199
Literature: 
Discography: 
Further notes: 

Text details

Standardised text incipit: 
Tota pulchra es
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Assumption/Nativity of the BVM
Full text: 

Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te; favus distillans labia tua, mel et lac sub lingua tua, odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata. Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra, vineae florentes odorem dederunt et vox turturis audita est in terra nostra.

English translation: 

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee; thy lips drop as the honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; much better is the smell of thine ointments than all spice. The flowers appeared in our land, the vines with the tender grape smelled sweet and the voice of the dove was heard in our land.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See CAO 2, No. 485 (Nativity of Mary); CAO 3, No. 508 (Vespers antiphon for Assumption) (based on Song of Songs 4:7-8.10-11 and 2:12-13)

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

I-Mfd 1, ff. 141v-143r, Tota pulchra es (G. van Weerbeke) (= M046, T046)

 

Music incipit (MEI): 

Sources with this motet

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
I-Mfd 1
070v-071r
Tota pulchra es
ID: M006
F. G.
Gaffurius, Franchinus
- C03 Hortus conclusus
T006 Tota pulchra es