Bien fit Amour quand deux coeurs assembla (Antonio Gardano)

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• (Posted 2025-09-13)  CPDL #86774: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2025-09-13).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 58 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.This edition is offered at original pitch for ATTB or transposed up a fourth for SAAT. French text modernized.

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Title: Bien fit Amour quand deux coeurs assembla
Composer: Antonio Gardano
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: ATTB or SAAT
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: Unknown

First published: 1543 in Le Parangon des chansons, livre 10 (Moderne), no. 25
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Original text and translations

French text Bien fist amour quant deux cueurs assembla Dun franc voulloir en perfaicte concorde Ce que lung veult & laultre le vouldra Facillement y consent & accorde.

French text (modernized) Bien fit amour quand deux cœurs assembla: D'un franc vouloir en parfaite concorde, Ce que l'un veut et l'autre le voudra Facilement y consent et accorde.

English translation Would that love acted well when it united two hearts: with a sincere desire for perfect harmony, what one wants, the other hopes readily to allow and to grant. (trans Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes}}