Original Spirituals
Turn back Pharaoh’s army (1872) Nobody knows (1874) Did you hear my Jesus ? (1874) Shout All Over God's Heaven (I got a robe) (1915) Were you there ? (1899/1937) Steal away (1872/1882/1915) Swing low, sweet chariot (1874) I’m going to do...
C. VERCHER
This work can be added to the score of the same composer on another poem by Clément Marot "De soy mesme": MeF 216 4 mixed voices MeF 217 This song has been recorded in the CD "PAYSAGES BELGES" More about Claude Vercher
CAROL
This Hainaut Christmas Carol has no less than 9 verses, the first five being directly linked to the birth of Christ, the next four relating to the feast of Christmas and the corresponding feasts (...). We can therefore choose the interpretation...
CH. GOUNOD
Motet-choral whose text is taken from Ave Maria: Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis. Saint Mary, mother of God, pray for us. According to tradition, the voices can be doubled by the organ or the harmonium
B. AUBIN
A harmonically rich music, without particular difficulties and filled by a luminous atmosphere. Bernard Aubin is a musician living near Lille. Choirmaster of several ensembles, including a Gregorian choir, his music has won awards in...
JACOTIN
A humorous song where the wife dreams of taking revenge on her husband by roasting him in the oven ...
J. BRAINARD
Julia Brainard is one of the rare women composers of the 19th century. Some scores were published in the United States, others in France, probably during his stay in France (1865-1871?). This is the only known work written for 4 mixed voices and...
CL. TERRASSE
Here's a great way to end a concert! This extract from the work of Claude Terrasse concludes the opera-food "Les Travaux d'Hercule": • And now that the play is ended, • According to the use of the ancestors • We recommend ourselves to...
L. DELIBES
Restitution from the original manuscript (dated February 1888) by Léo Delibes. This score was also published under the title "A Notre-Dame du Chêne" by Vion in Sarthe. Some measures are to be sung by 3 women voices. The organ (or harmonium)...
H. DUMONT
Paraphrase in French of psalm 46 written by the bishop of Vence et Grasse (in Provence) : Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus (all peoples clap your hands).
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CAROL
MeF 1119 : Oyez, honorables bourgeois (God rest you merry, gentlemen). Traditional english carol arranged by Bernard Lallement. English and french texts. More about Bernard Lallement
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J-B LULLY
MeF 356 - Jean-Baptiste Lully : Air des trembleurs (for 3 mixed voices). Everybody knows Henry Purcell's "Air du Froid", taken from King Arthur, composed in 1691. Lully had used this principle of vocal staccato as early as 1677 to evoke the...
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C. FRANCK
MeF 1781 : César Franck - Ave Maria ( sop, ten (alt), bass) for 3 mixed voices and organ More about César Franck
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NOEL TRADITIONNEL
MeF 1118 : Noël du Languedoc for 3 mixed voices a cappella. A simple and easy joyful traditional carol from the south of France
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B. STROZZI
MeF 355 - Barbara Strozzi : Quel misero usignolo, madrigal for 4 mixed voices and Basso Continuo. Barbara Strozzi (Venice, 1619 - Padua, 1664), Italian soprano and composer, was the adopted (and natural) daughter of the poet and librettist Giulio...
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M-A CHARPENTIER
MeF 1780 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier : motet to the Virgin Mary for mixed voices
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TRADITIONAL
MeF 138 / traditional folk song from Flanders, for 4 mixed voices Young lady, do not grieve, the feast of St. Anne's is coming up. It must arrive soon, then it will pass. Let's dance, let's jump, let's enjoy ourselves and be content. Such a life,...
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TRADITIONNEL
Twelve songs arranged for 2 voices with piano accompaniment. They song some episodes of French History or illustrate a character as well as imaginary or real heroes. Without any particular difficulties, these childhood songs are intended for...
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C. DE GRANDVAL
MeF 1779 - Clémence de Grandval : Fac ut portem Christi mortem, for 4 mixed voices a cappella
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V. ALEOTTI
MeF 635PDF - Vittoria Aleotti : Madrigal for 4 mixed voices "O dolce anima mia" Vittoria Aleotti (circa 1573-1646) Composer, harpsichordist and Augustinian nun from the Convent of San Vito in Ferrara . She was one of the five daughters of Giovan...
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M. CASULANA
MeF 634 - Madalena Casulana : Madrigal for 4 voices : O notte, o cielo, o mare (O night, o heaven, o sea)
F. de la Tombelle
This Stabat Mater Dolorosa composed between 1911-1912 and lasting 12 to 15 minutes, alternates the stanzas sung by the choir and those sung in psalmody. Fernand de la Tombelle, very sensitive to access to music for all, wrote a simple, fluid...
F. de la TOMBELLE
How not to fall in love with this hymn composed by Fernand de la Tombelle! This composer is to be rediscovered! His music is elegant, subtle and delicate. The AVE VERUM met with great success at the beginning of the 20th century and remains...
C. de SERMISY
MeF 505PDF - Claudin de Semisy : Ceux de Picardie - easy and lively Renaissance song. This earthy and joyful drinking song is very simple and easy to remember. Halfway between Renaissance and Middle Ages music, it celebrates the ability of Piacrds...
J-B LULLY
A Pastoral is a musical genre that idyllically illustrates nature, shepherds and shepherdesses. The one entitled "Les Festes de l'Amour et de Bachus", in a prologue and three acts, was performed in 1672. It is made up of extracts from different...
B. LALLEMENT
A satirical song (prohibited in its time) mocking the french king Louis the 14th and his many extra marital adventures. We quote in the song both the maids and gardeners as the noble ladies (Mme de Montespan, Mme de Soubise) and, of course, the...
H. DUMONT
Composed in 1663, the "Airs à 4, basse continu, (...), on the paraphrase of some psalms and hymns by Messire Antoine Godeau" are small motets representative of French Baroque music in the time of Louis th 14th in Paris and in Versailles. "Since...
LULLY
A Pastoral is a musical genre that idyllically illustrates nature, shepherds and shepherdesses. The one entitled "Les Festes de l'Amour et Bachus", in a prologue and three acts, was performed in 1672. It is made up of extracts from different...
C. VERCHER
Poem by Paul Verlaine from Les Fêtes Galantes (1869): Calm in the half day What tall branches do. Let’s penetrate our love From this deep silence.
D. COSAERT
A variation between jazz and contemporary music, on the first lines of the finale of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Hymnus refers to the European Anthem but only keeps a short extract (Freude schöner Götterfunken ...) and uses the onomatopoeias of...
G. VERDI
The very famous Slaves Chorusr from Verdi Nabucco's opera. Piano accompaniment available under the reference MeF 901P
