De tous biens plaine (Alexander Agricola)

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Editor: Milo Machover (added 2005-09-23).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 75 kbytes   Copyright: Copyright Alexander Agricola 2005
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General Information

Title: De tous biens plaine
Composer: Alexander Agricola

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
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Published:

Description: "De tous biens plaine" was originaly a chanson written by Hayne van Ghizeghem. Agricola aranged it several times using the song's tenor part and adding two new voices in complicated counterpoint (in the "chant sur le livre" style). This version is written in compound time and is usually considered to be only suited for instruments.

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Original text and translations

Image:French.png French text

De tous biens plaine est ma maistresse
Chacun lut doibt tribut d'onneur
Car assouvye est en valeur
Autant que jamais fut sans cesse.
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