El Grillo (Josquin des Prez)
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- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-02-06). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Listed alphabetically by composer and title on external site.
- Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-01-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 115 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Included in the TUMS Busking Book.
- Editor: Jose Miguel Galan (submitted 2004-07-08). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 88 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: File recovered using the WayBackMachine of http://archive.org
- Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2004-07-03). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 92 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- Editor: John D. Smith (submitted 2004-02-20). Score information: 47.4 x 67 cm, 2 pages, 74 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Scores listed alphabetically by composer. All scores available in Scorch format, some are also available as PDF files.
- Editor: Marco Voli (submitted 2003-05-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 120 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: revised 9/6/00, musica ficta added
- Editor: Marco Gallo (submitted 2002-07-11). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 33 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: listed alphabetically by composer
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-04-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: revised 9/6/00, musica ficta added
General Information
Title: El Grillo
Composer: Josquin des Prez, during his service to Cardinal Ascanio also known as Josquin d'Ascanio
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published by Petrucci in 1505 and attributed to the "other" Josquin, Josquin d'Ascanio, not Josquin des Prez.
External websites:
- Same performance but with slideshow video including words and English translation
- El Grillo - David Feldman (Countertenor), Eitan Drori, David Nortman (Tenor), Elam Rotem (Bass)
Original text and translations
Italian text
El grillo è buon cantore
Che tiene longo verso.
Dalle beve grillo canta.
Ma non fa come gli altri uccelli
Come li han cantato un poco,
Van de fatto in altro loco
Sempre el grillo sta pur saldo,
Quando la maggior el caldo
Alhor canta sol per amore.
Dutch translation
De krekel is een goede zanger
die lange verzen heeft
Maar hij doet niet zoals andere vogels
die als ze ergens een beetje
hebben gezongen
naar een andere plaats gaan
Altijd blijft de krekel.
Als de meimaand warm is
zingt hij alleen uit liefde.
English translation
The cricket is a good singer
He can sing very long
He sings all the time.
But he isn't like the other birds.
If they've sung a little bit
They go somewhere else
The cricket remains where he is
When the heat is very fierce
Then he sings only for love.
Portuguese translation
O grilo é um bom cantante
E ele canta bastante
Quase sempre ele canta.
Mas não faz como os outros pássaros,
Que depois de cantar um pouco
Vão para outro lugar
Ele sempre fica firme.
Mas quando faz muito calor,
Canta só por amor.
Polish translation
by Stanisław Jonczyk
Świerszcz wspaniałym jest śpiewakiem,
Długie frazy trzyma pięknie.
Choć się ciągną jak makaron,
Trzyma twardo i nie pęknie.
I nie, tak jak ptaki próżne,
Po trzech dźwiękach odlatuje.
Lecz zostaje i gra długo.
I w ogóle nie fałszuje.
Więc gdy ptaki odleciały,
Posłuchajmy świerszcza scherza,
Które pełne jest miłości
Bowiem płynie prosto z serca.
- Brian Russell editions
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- Jose Miguel Galan editions
- Fernando Gómez Jácome editions
- John D. Smith editions
- Marco Voli editions
- Marco Gallo editions
- Rafael Ornes editions
- Josquin des Prez compositions
- SATB
- 4-part choral music
- Secular music
- Madrigals
- Works in Italian
- A cappella
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- English translations
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- Polish translations
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