Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori (Jacquet de Berchem)

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• (Posted 2015-01-11)  CPDL #34241:       

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori
Composer: Jacquet de Berchem
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SAAB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1561 in Primo secondo et terzo libro del capriccio, no. 1
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Original text and translations

Italian text Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori, le cortesie, l'audaci imprese io canto, che furo al tempo che passaro i Mori d'Africa il mare, e in Francia nocquer tanto, seguendo l'ire e i giovenil furori d'Agramante lor re, che si die vanto di vendicar la morte di Troiano sopra re Carlo imperator romano.

English translation Of loves and ladies, knights and arms, I sing, Of courtesies, and many a daring feat; And from those ancient days my story bring, When Moors from Afric passed in hostile fleet, And ravaged France, with Agramant their king, Flushed with his youthful rage and furious heat, Who on king Charles', the Roman emperor's head Had vowed due vengeance for Troyano dead. Translation by William Stewart Rose