I wanted to share with those of you who are interested the Renaissance Madrigal we did in Baroque harp class. The title is “Doulce memoire en plaifir confumee” and it’s something to do with a memorial in memory of a deceased loved one. I chose to sing it because I’d just finished practicing oboe and was too tired to get through it beautifully. As you can see it’s in French so I’m just singing on “doo.” I’ll blame my vocal problems on the poor recording quality, except for the last line where I messed up the intonation in the run (sorry!) but you can hear the correct notes the first time I sing that run. I know the video is too hard to follow with the music, but you can see the music in the picture. I split the video in two because it was too big, and the first video covers the cantus part on page one (minus the last note) and the second video covers the cantus on page two (starting after the last note of the previous page). In looking at the piece again I think I figured out what some of the marks meant that I didn’t catch in class. If my memory serves me right I got it right finally. Maybe if Sarah checks this post she can tell me where I’ve gone wrong.
I think it’s a beautiful melody, and the other lines make it really gorgeous. I don’t have time to put them all together right now, though. I hope you enjoy it!
Hints: I believe the first note is called a breve, and it’s twice the length of a semibreve (a whole note). All other proportions are the same as we’re used to. I think the breath marks are half-note rests (maybe it’s called a minim). The first note is an “A.” The cantus line is the first three lines of each page (ignore the tenor line). I’ll leave the rest to you to have fun figuring out!
Page 1 (click image to enlarge)
2007-02-10 Madrigal from Baroque harp class sung page1.mpg
Page 2 (click image to enlarge)
I LOVED hearing you sing! And the piece is beautiful, too.
