Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux
General information
Settings by composers (automatically updated)
- William Byrd — The nightingale English SAT
- Jean de Castro — Le rossignol French SAT
- Derrick Gerarde — Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux French SAATTB
- Alfonso Ferrabosco I — Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux French SATTB
- Alfonso Ferrabosco I — The nightingale so pleasant and so gay English SATTB
- Orlando di Lasso — Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux French SATTB,ATTBB
- Mittantier — Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux French SSAT,ATTB
- Andreas Pevernage — Le rossignol plaisant et gratieux French SSAATTB
Text and translations
The text was first printed in La fleur de Poésie françoyse (Paris, 1543). No authors are named in this collection, but the text of this piece is attributed elsewhere to Clément Marot. The English (anonymous) translation was first published in Musica Transalpina (1588) and was the standard anglophone text.
French text(Original text) English translationThe merry and graceful nightingale
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French text(modernised text) German translationDie fröhliche und anmutige Nachtigall
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French text(Sacred contrafact by Simon Goulart, 1577) |
English text(Musica Transalpina) |
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