Douleur me bat (Josquin des Prez, paintings by Hieronymus Bosch)

[Albertmaximus1]

Fantastic music and perfomance!

[C6H12B26]

Very beautiful indeed !

Great thanks !

[colni03]

Absolument magnifique....le "jugement dernier" pour illustrer ces voix venues du ciel... .Jérome Bosch, un surréaliste?  merci cesarsalgado

[whiff1962]

This is the age's look at madness, through its music and art, as it existed at the end of the Renaissance.

[fwend12345]

Douleur me bat et Tristesse mafolle,

Amour me nuyt et Malheur me consolle,

Vouloir me suit, mais ayder ne me peult.

Jouÿr ne puis dung grant bien quon me veult.

De vivre ainsi, pour Dieu, quon me decolle!

[micsir888]

Merci pour ces mots. Quel accompagnement. Est-ce une traduction du latin?

[fwend12345]

I'm afraid I don't know all that much about the subject. I don't imagine that the text is translated from Latin, but it's not actually known. The author is anonymous. The ensemble is "Ensemble Clément Janequin", I think, if that was your other question.

[micsir888]

Thanks again.

[cesarsalgado1972]

Ensemble Clément Janequin are superb, but the sound here is taken from Cantus Records C 9607 "Vous ou la mort": Flemish courtly love songs of the 15th century, Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis and Concerto Palatino with Guillemette Laurens, Kateline Van Laethem, Jan Caals, Jan Van Ensacker, Erik Van Nevel and Job Boswinkel.

[cesarsalgado1972]

To be precise, the performers on this track, according to the PDF booklet are:

Guillemette Laurens, cantus

Jan Caals, altus

Jan Van Elsacker, tenor

Erik Van Nevel, tenor and director

Job Boswinkel, bassus

Marcel Ketels, recorder

René Van Laken, alto viol

Piet Stryckers, tenor viol

[Samhalta]

@micsir888 Il me semble que Josquin des Prés écrivait en roman ou en ancien français.

[violagoddess782]

@micsir888 Grief strikes me and sorrow maddens me,

Love annoys me and misfortune comforts me,

Desire follows me but cannot help me,

I cannot enjoy the great good that [she] wishes me,

From such a life, for God's sake, may I be released!

[AlainNaigeon]

Wonderful Josquin!