Duo Seraphîm – O Muse, Comt nv Voort (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Duo Seraphîm – O Muse, Comt nv Voort (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:44 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Classical
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O muse, comt nv voort: Dutch Songs of Love and Freedom from Aliud Records is an anthology of the Dutch contrafact and contains poetry set to music. The songs are performed by Duo Seraphim featuring Margot Kalse (Mezzo Soprano) and Elly Van Munster (Lute).

These are not original songs, but texts written on already existing and well-known melodies. These songs are sometimes called contrafacts: contra: against or at, factum: written on an already existing melody.

Between 1550 and 1750 this was a much loved and much practiced genre in the Netherlands. Numerous songbooks appeared, booklets in pocket format which could be easily produced from your pocket when you wanted to sing. They contained the texts and the melodies to which they should be sung, with a tune reference: wyse, voys, stemme, vpden, voix, op de wyse van etc.

We must retrace these melodies to be able to sing the songs. Fortunately, some songbooks have survived with the tunes added in musical notation. A great many other melodies can be traced back to the international song repertoire of the period. Other sources are for instance lute tablatures, dance books, etc.

It is remarkable how many tunes originate from outside the Netherlands. Many are French, English, or Italian; fewer are German and Spanish. These must have been popular – or at least known – in the Netherlands, beside the familiar Dutch tunes.

Tracklist:
01. Duo Seraphîm – O Lief v derven (02:22)
02. Duo Seraphîm – Ghelyck den dagheraet (02:05)
03. Duo Seraphîm – Van de ioncheit, liedeken (04:51)
04. Duo Seraphîm – Ter liefden van een Maghet (02:42)
05. Duo Seraphîm – Psalm 12: Behoud, o Heer (Salvum Deus) (02:32)
06. Duo Seraphîm – Opt Ontset van Leyden, Lofsang (03:48)
07. Duo Seraphîm – Helena antwoordt tot Paris (03:54)
08. Duo Seraphîm – Helena schrijft tot Menelaus (02:47)
09. Duo Seraphîm – Thisbe claeght over de doot van Piramus (02:17)
10. Duo Seraphîm – Liedt O Parl en puyck der vrouwen! (03:05)
11. Duo Seraphîm – Ick hoor trompetten klincken (02:05)
12. Duo Seraphîm – Myn ziele treur (03:50)
13. Duo Seraphîm – Fantasij Indien men poocht mijn hart (03:33)
14. Duo Seraphîm – Sang Sterflijck geslacht, uw suchten schorst (03:33)
15. Duo Seraphîm – Naere nacht van benaude drie jaeren (03:14)
16. Duo Seraphîm – Princelied (02:38)
17. Duo Seraphîm – Geusevesper (02:27)
18. Duo Seraphîm – Simeons Lofzang (01:22)
19. Duo Seraphîm – Prélude (01:12)
20. Duo Seraphîm – Doen Daphne d’overschoone Maeght (04:21)
21. Duo Seraphîm – Indien ick daght ô schoone son! (02:13)
22. Duo Seraphîm – Air Sa! Dan laat ons rustig raazen (02:13)
23. Duo Seraphîm – Een Zamenspraak tusschen Damon en een jong juffertje (01:29)

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