De tous biens plaine
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De tous biens plaine is a French chanson
, usually credited to Hayne van Ghizeghem
, who wrote a 3-part version, published by Petrucci
in 1501. Amongst other reworkings are a four-part version by Josquin and two 3-part versions by Alexander Agricola
.
Full words and music are here http://www.icking-music-archive.org/scores/ghizeghem/haytouspart.pdf
and of an Agricola version at the Choral Wiki here http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/De_tous_biens_plaine_%28Alexander_Agricola%29
A version of the first verse and its translation are given by David Munrow
in The Art of the Netherlands
as
Loyset Compere
used the tune as a basis for a mass
setting, and the Credo survives of a setting by Josquin.
Some sources have claimed this to be the most famous chanson of the age http://www.dolmetsch.com/defsa5.htm.
Chanson
A chanson is in general any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular. A singer specialising in chansons is known as a "chanteur" or "chanteuse" ; a collection of chansons, especially from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, is also known as a chansonnier.-Chanson de geste:The...
, usually credited to Hayne van Ghizeghem
Hayne van Ghizeghem
Hayne van Ghizeghem was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.While many of his works have survived, little is known about his life...
, who wrote a 3-part version, published by Petrucci
Ottaviano Petrucci
Ottaviano Petrucci was an Italian printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet music printed from movable type. Actually that distinction belongs to the Roman printer Ulrich Han's Missale Romanum of 1476...
in 1501. Amongst other reworkings are a four-part version by Josquin and two 3-part versions by Alexander Agricola
Alexander Agricola
Alexander Agricola was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. A prominent member of the Grande chapelle, the Habsburg musical establishment, he was a renowned composer in the years around 1500, and his music was widely distributed throughout Europe...
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Full words and music are here http://www.icking-music-archive.org/scores/ghizeghem/haytouspart.pdf
and of an Agricola version at the Choral Wiki here http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/De_tous_biens_plaine_%28Alexander_Agricola%29
A version of the first verse and its translation are given by David Munrow
David Munrow
David Munrow was a British musician and early music historian.- Biography and career :Munrow was born in Birmingham and was the son of Birmingham University dance teacher Hilda Norman Munrow and Albert Davis 'Dave' Munrow, a Birmingham University lecturer and physical education instructor who...
in The Art of the Netherlands
The Art of the Netherlands
The Art of the Netherlands was an influential collection of recordings made by the Early Music Consort of London under the direction of David Munrow and issued in 1976 as a three-disk set. It has since been reissued twice on CD....
as
- De tous biens plaine est ma maistresse
- Chascun lui doit tribut d'onneur;
- Car assouvye est en valeur
- Autant que jamais fut deesse.
- My mistress possesses every virtue.
- Everybody pays her homage,
- for she is as full of worth
- as ever any goddess was.
Loyset Compere
Loyset Compère
Loyset Compère was a French composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of that era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate Renaissance style to France.-Life:His exact place of...
used the tune as a basis for a mass
Mass (music)
The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...
setting, and the Credo survives of a setting by Josquin.
Some sources have claimed this to be the most famous chanson of the age http://www.dolmetsch.com/defsa5.htm.