| Genre Categories | Madrigals; For 5 voices; For unaccompanied voices; |
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| Work Title | La verginella è simile alla rosa |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Ruffo, Vincenzo |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IVR 23 |
| Key | G Dorian mode |
| Librettist | Lodovico Ariosto (1474–1533) |
| Language | Italian |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Renaissance |
| Piece Style | Renaissance |
| Instrumentation | 5 voices (SAAAT/B) |
Though this work appears in 1556 in Opera nuova di musica, Libro 4 (No.2), it is a motet, and Ruffo's first book of motets was published in 1542, so that is possibly the first publication. To be confirmed.