Mi larés vous tousjours languir (Josquin des Prez)

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  • (Posted 2015-03-22)  CPDL #34851:        (Finale 2004)
Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2015-03-22).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Mi larés vous tousjours languir
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: STTTB
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1540 in Selectissimae necnon familiarissimae cantiones (Salminger), no. 46
Description: All voices (except the Tenor 2) start with the same "theme" of mi la re. This is a solmisation of the vowels of the text, a technique called "soggetto cavato". Here the solmisation is literally taken from the first two words of the text: mi la-rés.

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Original text and translations

French.png French text

Mi larés vous tousjours languir,
Mon bien, ma joye, ma souvenance,
De doeil morai sans esperance
Se ne me venés secourir.