Je file quand on me donne de quoy (Philip van Wilder)
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- Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2021-02-04). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 125 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Je file quand on me donne de quoy or Je file quand dieu me donne de quoy
Composer: Philip van Wilder
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicings: SSTTB, SATTB or SAATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1572 in Mellange de chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), no. 13
2nd published: 1597 in Le Rossignol musical (Phalèse), no. 26
Description: In the 1572 publication the title is "Je file quand Dieu me donne de quoy". See also the setting of a very similar text by Maître Gosse.
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Original text and translations
The translation of " au voy" at the end of the second line remains a mistery: no dictionary consulted revealed a meaning for "voy". The reported text of Le Jeune's version offers "au boy", which is not convincing, neither is "openly" (CD Philip van Wilder, Complete Sacred Music, Chansons; Cantores, David Allinson) and "oho!" (Gerald H. Hoekstra, Le Rossignol musical des chansons (Antwerp, 1597); A-R Editions). Maître Gosse has "o voy", which also does not help.
French text Je file quand on me donne de quoy, |
German translation Ich spinne, wenn man mir was zum Spinnen gibt,
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English translation I spin when given the means,
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