Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori (Jacquet de Berchem)

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Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2015-01-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 78 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Parts and source available at IMSLP.

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Title: Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori
Composer: Jacquet de Berchem
Lyricist: Ludovico Ariosto

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SAAB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: Italian
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1561

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Original text and translations

Italian text

Le donne, i cavallier, l'arme, gli amori,
le cortesie, l'audaci imprese io canto,
che furo al tempo che passaro i Mori
d'Africa il mare, e in Francia nocquer tanto,
seguendo l'ire e i giovenil furori
d'Agramante lor re, che si die vanto
di vendicar la morte di Troiano
sopra re Carlo imperator romano.

English translation

Of loves and ladies, knights and arms, I sing,
Of courtesies, and many a daring feat;
And from those ancient days my story bring,
When Moors from Afric passed in hostile fleet,
And ravaged France, with Agramant their king,
Flushed with his youthful rage and furious heat,
Who on king Charles', the Roman emperor's head
Had vowed due vengeance for Troyano dead.

by William Rose (1775-1843)