La nuict froide et sombre (Orlando di Lasso)
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- CPDL #??: Zipped Postscript.
- Editor: Vincent Carpentier (added 2000-12-13). Score information: A4, 40 kbytes, 3 pages Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Set in A minor (no signs). Starting with f'. Based on CPDL #1903. Can also be found in the Werner Icking Music Archive.
- CPDL #1903: MUP.
- Editor: Vincent Carpentier (added 2000-12-13). Score information: A4, 40 kbytes, 3 pages Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: in B minor (2 sharps). Starting with g'. Written with Music Publisher (MUP) a shareware by Arkkra Enterprises (http://www.arkkra.com)
General Information
Title: La nuict froide et sombre
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chansons
Language: French
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published:
Description: The text is an ode by Joachim du Bellay (1522-1560), first published in 1549. Lassus has written very expressive music, following closely the meaning of the words.
External websites: analysis with MP3-fragments at the website of the Academy of Dijon only in Fench
Original text and translations
Original text:
La nuict froide et sombre,
Couvrant d'obscure ombre
La terre et les cieux,
Aussi doux que miel,
Fait couler du ciel
Le sommeil aux yeux.
Puis le jour suivant,
Au labeur duisant,
Sa lueur expose,
Et d'un tein divers,
Ce grand univers
Tapisse et compose.
Translation(s):
Dutch translation litteral translation - letterlijke vertaling
De nacht, koud en somber
bedekkend met duistere schaduw
de aarde en de hemel...,
net zo zoet als honing
laat zij stromen uit de hemel
de slaap in de ogen.
Dan de dag, daaropvolgend,
bij de aangename arbeid
stelt zijn licht ten toon...,
en met heel verscheiden tint
bekleedt zij dit grote universum
en voegt het samen.
..tr. Dick Wursten (2005)