C. JANEQUIN
A Renaissance song where the talent for polyphonic writing illustrates the altogether rather lighthearted (but nicely said) purpose of the poem.
FOLK SONG
This song "to marry" is traditional music from Haute-Normandie. It is arranged in a simple and fluid way, without harmonic artifice by Olivier Geoffroy, a Lorraine composer. Another popular song to marry, harmonized by Olivier Geoffroy is also...
J-PH RAMEAU
One of the most famous scores from Jean-Philippe Rameau's famous opera "les Indes galantes". L'AIR DES SAUVAGES - the savages aria - (as in a rondeau) is made up of superb instrumental accompaniment on which comes a dialogue between two soloists...
C. ZUMEL
Here is a Magnificat written in 2016, simple and beautifully harmonious. Without significant vocal requirements, the expression of the text is essential. César Zumel, composer and choirmaster, was born in 1970. He lives and works in Burgos...
CH. LEMAIRE
Voice sheet music (without piano accompaniment): MeF 318 What! Still drinking songs? Will I never hear some eating songs? About vine everywhere we celebrate glory! Nobody says a word about the vegetable garden! How charming, how...
P. LE FLEM
Lullaby for choir with 4 mixed voices simply harmonized with two stylistic formulas (homophonic verse and soprano / tenor as a round). • Paul LE FLEM thus translated the text of this traditional song into French: Dodo there, my grandson,...
C. VERCHER
MeF 231 : Song for 2 men voices celebrating the famous Charles Baudelaire poem, Man and the Sea Free man! the sea is to thee ever dear! The sea is thy mirror, thou regardest thy soul In its mighteous waves that unendingly roll, And thy...
J. DES PRES
MeF 1775 - Josquin des prés (DESPREZ) - Motet : Salve Lux Mundi (2nd part) The first part of this motet is under the reference MeF 1774 More about Josquin des Prés
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...
O. DI LASSO
A song that talks about love without fear. The most famous composers of the Renaissance are able to set to music with the same talent of grotesque texts and superb sacred music as well ...!
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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
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...
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
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...
