Wij Geusken willen singhen: Geusen Liedboek Monumenta Musica Neerlandica

This is a part of Dutch history. In the Netherlands, in the Golden Age, it was a normal practice, to adapt foreign songs to our own culture.
These songs were contrafacted, that is, they received a Dutch text. This song is called "la Monica"
A standard work about this is the book by Louis Peter Grijp: Het Nederlands lied in de Gouden Eeuw.
I hope to have some time to read it, but I am afraid that I have to stop making these videos for that....
Paintings from the Dutch history (brothers of Orange, Battle at Heiliger lee, Duke of Anjou 1582 and Willem van Oranje)
score (1 part) at: http://www.violadagambalessen.nl/bladmuziek/geusenlied.pdf
more on this song:
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/misc/fillette.htm
ernst stolz

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[micrologus2]

Dit is oorspronkelijk een Frans liedje getiteld 'Une jeune fillette'

[ernststolz]

ja precies, zie de info her en der

[flautadeorfeo]

Ernst, kun je de Nederlandse tekst erbij zetten?

[ernststolz]

zie verder de bijgevoegde link voor meer info over dit lied! Wy Geuskens willen nu singhen

in dese Meyes tijt,

en van vreuchden opspringhen,

nu heeft ghegheven reyn 

sijnen seghel machtich,

daerom wy sullen eendrachtich

den lof Godt gheven certeyn.

[ernststolz]

We tiny Protestants are bound to sing now, in these Maydays of times, our hearts will leap up for joy as God in his blessing has given us his seal of approval so perfectly and powerfully, we will therefore unanimously praise God and honor him for sure.

[maureenmeijer]

Danke Ernst, für diese schöne musikalische Umrahmung! Ich möchte auch gern mal dieses Stück spielen.

[ernststolz]

Hallo Maureen, du kannst diese Melodie jeztz herunterladen! Tschüss

[ernststolz]

Yes sure, in the film it is extremely touching. (watch on youtube: watch?v=NJ9xqBsROBQ)

I also recorded a keyboard version from the susanne van soldt book a time ago

[bbbbmer]

this is the song the daughters of saint colombe sang in 'tous les matins du monde'... and i so LOVE it!!! i'd love to find a choral version of it or a longer orchestral version of it -- it's one of the great melodies of music literature...