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O Muse, Comt nv Voort
ANON
1.
'O Lief v derven'
2:17
JAN VAN DER NOOT
(c. 1538-c. 1596)
2.
'Ghelyck den dagheraet', liedeken
2:00
3.
Van de ioncheit, liedeken
4:46
D.V. COORNHERT
(1522-1590)
4.
Ter liefden van een Maghet
2:37
NICOLAS VALLET
(c. 1583-na 1642)
5.
Psalm 12: Behoud, o Heer (Slavum Deus)
2:28
JAN VAN HOUT
(1542-1609)
6.
Opt Ontset van Leyden, Lofsang
3:43
WILLEM REIJERSZ. DE LANGE
(fl. ca. 1570-1605)
7.
Helena antwoordt tot Paris
3:48
8.
Helena schrijft tot Menelaus
2:42
9.
Thisbe claeght over de doot van Piramus
2:12
G.A. BREDERO
(1585-1618)
10.
Liedt 'O Parl en puyck der vrouwen!'
3:00
D.R. CAMPHUYSEN
(1586-1627)
11.
'Ick hoor trompetrten klincken'
2:01
ADRIANUS VALERIUS
(ca. 1575-1625)
12.
'Myn ziele tyreur'
3:46
P.C. HOOFT
(1581-1647)
13.
Fantasij 'Indien men poocht mijn hart'
3:28
14.
Sang 'Sterflijck geslacht, uw suchten schorst'
3:28
15.
'Naere nacht van benaude drie jaeren'
3:10
JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL
(1587-1679)
16.
Princelied (1625)
2:33
17.
Geusevesper
2:22
18.
Simeons Lofzang
1:17
NICOLAS VALLET
19.
Prelude
1:13
JAN JANSZ. STARTER
(1594-1626)
20.
'Doen Daphne d'overschoone Maeght'
4:16
W.G. VAN FOCQUENBROCH
(1640-1670)
21.
'Indien ick daght o schoone son!'
2:08
J.C. WEYERMAN
(1677-1747)
22.
Air 'Sa! Dan laat ons rustig raazen'
2:08
23.
Een Zamenspraak tusschen Damon en een jong juffertje
1:27
64:42
Chamber: Duo Seraphim
Margot Kalse mezzo-soprano
Elly van Munster lute
19, 20 & 21 October 2008
Notes
Dutch Songs of Love and Freedom – Duo Seraphim
This CD is an anthology of the Dutch contrafact, which are not original songs but texts written to existing and well-known melodies. The word derives from a combination of contra (against or at) and factum (written on an already existing melody). Between 1550 and 1750 this was a much loved and much practised genre in The Netherlands. Numerous songbooks appeared: booklets in pocket format which could be easily retrieved from your pocket when you wanted to sing. They contained the texts and the melodies to which they should be sung, with a tune reference: ‘wyse’, ‘voys’, ‘stemme’, ‘vpden voix’, ‘op de wyse van’, etc. We have to retrace these melodies to be able to sing the songs. Fortunately, some songbooks have survived with the tunes added in musical notation. A great many other melodies can be traced back to the international song repertoire of the period. Other sources are, for instance, lute tablatures, dance books, etc. It is remarkable how many tunes originate outside The Netherlands. Many are French, English, or Italian; fewer are German and Spanish. These must have been popular – or at least known – in The Netherlands, beside the familiar Dutch tunes.
This highly varied and attractive collection of songs – beautifully sung and performed – is a very welcome addition to the catalogue.
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