Introduction to Western Music

Week 3: Recitation 3B Listening & Reading (Neff)

Listening

Josquin, “Mille regretz” (chanson or secular song)

Performed by Profeti della Quinta. [Listen on YouTube]

A thousand regrets      Mille regrets To abandon yourself      De vous abandonner And to move away      Et d’éloigner Your loving side      Votre face amoureuse I am in such great mourning      J’ai si grand deuil And painful pain      Et peine douloureuse That they will see me there      Qu’on m’y verra In short, my days define      Brefs mes jours définer That they will see me there      Qu’on m’y verra In short, my days define      Brefs mes jours définer

IN YOUR DISCUSSION POST: Identify at least one place in this chanson where you here the musical setting enhancing or expounding on the meaning of the poem or a specific word in the poem.  Please be sure to share a timing from the piece to illustrate your answers. 

Now listen to an instrumental adaptation of this chanson. How does knowing the original version for four voices affect your impressions of this instrumental work?

Luys de Narvaez, “La Canción del Emperador” (instrumental solo) arrangement of  Josquin’s “Mille regretz” [Listen on YouTube]

Johannes Ockeghem, “L’autre d’antan” (chanson / secular song)

Performed by Ensemble Gamut. [Listen on YouTube]

Text and translations can be found on the LiederNet Archive.