Chanson la Belle se siet by Josquin des Prez

A secular song by des Prez, less heard then his sacred works.
In a setting for 1 bass viol and 2 alto viols
Paintings by: , Jan Sanders van HEMESSEN;'Flemish painter (b. ca. 1500, Hemishem, d. 1556, Haarlem)
La belle se siet au piet de la tour,
Qui pleure et souspire et mainne grant doulour.
Son pere lui demande: «Fille qu'avez vous?
Volez vous mari, ou volez vous seignour?»
«Je ne veul mari, je ne veul seignour;
Je veul le mien ami, qui pourist en la tour.»
«Et par Dieu, belle fille, a celui faudrés vous,
Car il sara pendu demain au point du jour.»
«Et pere, s'on le pent, enfouyés moy desous,
Si diront les gens: vecy loyaus amours.»


ernst stolz viols

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• viola
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• gamba
• viol
• desPrez
• JosquindesPrez
• Gambe
• chanson

[ernststolz]

Thank you, about the acoustics: I really want to present this in a big hall! (But an echo also helps to overcome small irregularities in rhythm caused by multi tracking).

[yanych]

I really like this twirling clew! The voices constantly revolve around a central tone. And it's very good idea to use a triangle. Triangle, as it were divide the piece into few parts, like a bricks to build the composition. The only thing IMHO too much reverb. Ernst, all voices recorded by the overlay?

[ernststolz]

Thank you for this poetic description!

[xAmandine]

Very beautiful! This music is so bright and filled with air and daylight, at the same time dark and melancholy. The same with the paintings. Thank you for yet another travel into renaissance!

[ernststolz]

Thank you Kathy! I play this from a collection for music for 3 treble recorders (!) It is Editio Musica Budapest Z14 285. There is more I might try..

[violnerd]

Absolutely stunning, both music and pictures. Where did you find this? Kathy