Es wolt ein jeger iagen (Matthias Greitter)
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- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2017-07-20). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 155 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: semi diplomatoric edition, Modern clefs
General Information
Title: Es wolt ein jeger iagen
Composer: Matthias Greitter
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: German
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1540 in Teutsche Liedlein (Georg Forster), Vol 2, no. 17
2nd published: 1962 in Das Chorwerk, no. 87.1
Description: A song of a hunter who met three maids in the woods.
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Original text and translations
German text
Es wolt ein Jeger iagen vor jhenem holtz
was begegnet jm auff der heyden
drey frewlein hubsche und stoltz
English translation
A hunter went hunting in the woods.
Whom did he meet on the moors?
Three good looking maidens.