Songs celebrating drinking and eating ... and often love (disappointed or victorious).
Bacchus has a privileged place.
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MeF 1768 - Henry DUMONT : CANTATE DOMINO for 4 mixed voices and Basso Continuo. This motet is written under the form of a polyphonic dialogue between 4 soloists (or a small choir) and a (large) choir. More about Henry Dumont
MeF 863 - Fanny Hensel : Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald. In the evening, a whisper rises from the depths of the woods.
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...
MeF 632 - Juan del Encina (1468-1533) : Canciones des Palacio - 3 love songs for a cappella mixed choir. A suite of three villancicos (love songs) joined together in an ensemble celebrating love and the beloved. Without any particular...
MeF 532 : Clément Janequin (Jannequin) : The Vernon Miller, a french renaissance polyphony. Vernon is a city located in Normandy, on the river Seine. More about Clément Janequin
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This drinking song is in 3 parts, including the middle part written in round. It includes several verses evoking the dread of the drinker, but also making fun of doctors and other "serious" occupatons but all also drinkers ...
Written with a low Latin language, and parodying Gregorian chant, this drinking song was published in 1540 in Nuremberg.
This song, by an anonymous composer, belongs to the collection of "Thirty and seven newly and correctly printed musical songs ..." published by Pierre ATTAIGNANT or ATTAINGNANT music publisher in Paris around 1528. The pleasures of the table, the...
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 (and soldiers in particular) to "hold" the bottle. More about Claudin de Sermisy
Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin's piano accompaniment is also available: MeF 319 What! Still drinking songs? Will I never hear songs to eat? Vine everywhere we celebrate its glory! Nobody says a word about the vegetable garden! What...
