G. BIZET
This music belongs to the stage music music of the drama in 3 acts written Alphonse Daudet "l'Arlésienne". It is universally known for these two traditional Provencal tunes arranged by Georges Bizet. The Three Kings Walk is a Christmas carol,...
J. BERTHIER
This work was written for the composer's son who directed the Ensemble Vocal de Neuilly, a city very close to Paris. This "motet" (or cantata?) is built up in different parts which follow one another thanks to the organ which plays an essential...
ANONYMOUS
Fricassee (originally, a culinary term) = humorous mixture of tunes and lyrics borrowed from other songs (hodgepodge)
Anonymous (1606)
Father Bacchus, son of Semélé, Make us feel the virtue of the syrup of this tortu wood To celebrate solemnly. We cover our heads with this ivy It is to better solemnize you. And to calm your wrath, We suck your juice by full glass.
L. MARENZIO
Motet for the feast of the Annunciation (March 25). Luca Marenzio is a composer of the Italian Renaissance of many madrigals and motets. He worked in different courts in Rome, Florence and even in Poland. He is recognized as a master in the art...
A. CAMPRA
This polyphonic a cappella mass was first published in 1699, while Campra was still music master at Notre-Dame de Paris. It is the only known mass (with the exception of his Requiem); In this composition, André Campra plays with rhythms...
Spiritual 1874
One of the first arrangements (published in 1874) of this spiritual, as it was sung by the first vocal ensembles some of whose members were born as slaves in the United States.
S. JOPLIN
A short song from the opera TREEMONISHA published in 1911 and composed by Scott Joplin, the famous jazz and piano Ragtime composer. TREEMONISHA is considered to be the first opera on the life of black slaves and servants in the southern states of...
P.PASSEREAU
Surely, one of the most famous french Renaissance songs, evocating the conversation between two "merry wives" cackling...
T. CREQUILLON
"A gay shepherd prayed to a shepherdess making him a loving request ..." An unfulfilled request for lack of the assets to convince
F. de la TOMBELLE
This composition of Fernand de la Tombelle published in 1883 was awarded in a composition competition in 1883. It shows the composer's writing abilities, knowing how to highlight the polyphonic nature of the composition (the altis have an...
C. V. STANFORD
Certainly one of Stanford's most famous choral works. The music of this partsong is full of mystery and peace. Rarely does such writing highlight the words and the atmosphere of the poem as well. The first soprano voice can be sung by a...
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
