Susanne un jour (5 voices) (Claude Le Jeune)
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- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2018-12-03). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 120 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: Parts available at http://dfwviols.com/new/2018-12-02-04
General Information
Title: Susanne un jour (5 voices)
Composer: Claude Le Jeune
Lyricist: Guillaume Guéroult
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1585 in Livre de Melanges de C. le Ieune, no. 30
2nd published: 1592 in Pratum musicum (ed. Emanuel Adriaenssen) – arr. for two voices and lute, Edition 2, no. 24
Description: The tenor line is lifted directly from the original 4-voice chanson of Didier Lupi II, and acts as a slow cantus firmus, around which a new piece is composed. Claude Le Jeune also wrote a 7 voice Sussane un jour.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Susanne un jour.