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Palestrina: Motettorum liber quartus "Canticum canticorum": No. 3, Nigra sum, sed formosa
by Chanticleer
About This Song
About "Palestrina: Motettorum liber quartus "Canticum canticorum": No. 3, Nigra sum, sed formosa" by Chanticleer
Palestrina's 'Nigra sum, sed formosa' is a Renaissance motet of astonishing sensuality, its lines unfurling like dark silk. Chanticleer balances the text's paradox—black yet beautiful—with harmonies that are both austere and deeply erotic. The tension is between sacred restraint and the unmistakable pull of earthly desire, held in perfect, shimmering suspension.
