"Ein Kind geborn zu Bethleem" is taken from cantata BWV 65 "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen" is sung at the Feast of the Epiphany.
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...
MeF 1777 -Henry Dumont : Heureux qui n'ouvre point son cœur... (psalm 1) Blessed is the one who does not open his heart to... More about Henry Du Mont
MeF 1767 - Henry Dumont: Panis angelicus, motet for 4 mixed voices and basso continuo. The motets for 2,3 or 4 voices were published when Henry Dumont was still the organist of the Saint-Paul church in Paris. They are representative of a new...
This song (Bards song)) is from a forgotten cantata by Franz Schubert "Omàla" (1815) on a Celtic text by a bard from the 3rd century Ossian. • The text is in the great romantic tradition by the expressiveness of words and feelings. • Originally...
This song to marry is traditional music from Maine in the Perche (western part of France). 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...
A madrigal for 2 soprano and bass voices with basso continuo. Lovers, what do you say? Sigh, run away, cry, mourn. Do what you know. Nothing turns luck or destiny into love. Alas, the unlucky is always unhappy. This score extracted from a...
A version with 4 mixed voices is also available: MeF 846 Franz-Xaver Chwatal, of Czech origin, wrote many melodies which have been translated into different languages. The original text of this "partsong" is in German. The French version is...
Magnificat of the 6th ton : 01 : Magnificat (plain chant) - Anima mea (polyphony) 02 : Et exultavit (plain chant) 03 : Quia respexit (polyphony) 04 : Quia fecit (plain chant) 05 : Et misericordia (polyphony) 06 :Fecit potentiam (plain chant) 07...
Hans Leo HASSLER (Hasler) is a German composer, organist (and organ builder) whose music is at the crossroads between the Renaissance and the Baroque. Born in 1564 and died in 1612, he composed numerous vocal pieces (sacred or profane) and works...
Traditional sea shanty from Morbihan arranged for men voices. Different text variants exist (We were two, we were three; We were three sailors from Groix ...) which do not change the theme and the narration. Without particular difficulty in...
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
Almost nothing is known about Julia Brainard. This romantic American musician probably lived in Paris where some of her compositions were published around 1865-1875. L'AGNUS DEI, published in Paris in 1871, can be sung by two solo voices as well...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
The very famous Slaves Chorusr from Verdi Nabucco's opera. Piano accompaniment available under the reference MeF 901P
