Amour parfaict - Anonymous

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"The third book of Hermann Finck's ''Practica Musica'' is dedicated to canons. This is the last of the 26 examples contained in it. As with the rest of the collection, this piece is unattributed; however, unlike the other items, a text is printed (in the ''discantus'' part only). The piece has the inscription ''Le desir croist quant et quant lesperance / Desiderium crescit cum spe'' ("Desire increases with hope"). Finck provides four voices and explains that a fifth voice can be generated from the ''discantus'', an eleventh below, but on reaching the text "''Le désir croît…''", the note lengths are to be doubled."

◈ Genre → Canons ♬ Voicing → SATBB ¶ Language → French

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 60868

Editor Adrian Wall

Posted 2020-10-13

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

''As printed by Finck:'' Amour parfaict madonne hardieſſe de recneiller de uous ung doulx baiſer qui marendu an roeur telle lieſſe quil ſonffiroit pous tous maulx appaiſtr et quil ſoit urayl au poinct de men ayſer per uray eſpoir ie recois aſſeurance que quelq; iour en ueſtre demeurance ou bien ailieurs iauray tout mon deſir. Le deſir croiſt quant et quant leſperance uous men pouries en plaiſir deſayſer.