Fors seulement (Antoine de Févin)
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- Editor: Bert Schreuder (submitted 2023-10-19). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 69,4 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed at written pitch; note values halved.
General Information
Title: Fors seulement
Composer: Antoine de Févin
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAT
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript c.1515 in the Henry VIII manuscript, no. 99
First published: 1578 in Premier livre de chansons a trois parties (Le Roy & Ballard), no. 13
Description: A lesser known setting of this text; the most famous one being by Ockeghem.
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Original text and translations
French text
Fors seulement la mort sans aultre l’atente que je meure,
En mon las cueur nul espoir ne demeure
Car mon malheur sy tres fort me tourmente
Qu’il n’est douleur que pour vous je ne sente
Pource que suys de vous perdre bien sceure.