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En desirant
Staff Notation • Secular, Chansons
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En desirant by Cornelius Canis — Lyrics
En désirant que je vous voye
à vostre honneur et mon plaisir,
qui seroit brièvement sans mentir,
s'il fust ce que souhaiteroye.
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About En desirant
This secular French chanson from the Renaissance would be a fitting choice for a concert program of early music. Composed by Cornelius Canis for four voices (soprano, alto, tenor, tenor), En desirant expresses the poet's longing to see a beloved, which would bring him great pleasure and honor. The text speaks of this desire as a wish that, if fulfilled, would be brief but truthful. The intricate vocal lines typical of the chanson genre allow for rich harmonic textures and expressive musical settings of the text's sentiment.
